Word Meanings - RAMIST - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A follower of Pierre Ramé, better known as Ramus, a celebrated French scholar, who was professor of rhetoric and philosophy at Paris in the reign of Henry II., and opposed the Aristotelians.
Related words: (words related to RAMIST)
- PROFESSORY
Of or pertaining to a professor; professorial. Bacon. - RAMUSCULE
A small ramus, or branch. - PROFESSORIALISM
The character, manners, or habits of a professor. - PARISYLLABIC; PARISYLLABICAL
Having the same number of syllables in all its inflections. - OPPOSABILITY
The condition or quality of being opposable. In no savage have I ever seen the slightest approach to opposability of the great toe, which is the essential distinguishing feature of apes. A. R. Wallace. - PROFESSORIAT
See PROFESSORIATE - RHETORICIAN
1. One well versed in the rules and principles of rhetoric. The understanding is that by which a man becomes a mere logician and a mere rhetorician. F. W. Robertson. 2. A teacher of rhetoric. The ancient sophists and rhetoricians, which ever had - PIERRE-PERDU
Blocks of stone or concrete heaped loosely in the water to make a foundation , a mole, etc. - OPPOSITIONIST
One who belongs to the opposition party. Praed. - SCHOLARSHIP
1. The character and qualities of a scholar; attainments in science or literature; erudition; learning. A man of my master's . . . great scholarship. Pope. 2. Literary education. Any other house of scholarship. Milton. 3. Maintenance for a scholar; - OPPOSITIVE
Capable of being put in opposition. Bp. Hall. - CELEBRATE
1. To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High. 2. To honor by solemn rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly; to keep; as, to celebrate a birthday. - OPPOSELESS
Not to be effectually opposed; irresistible. "Your great opposeless wills." Shak. - PROFESSOR
1. One who professed, or makes open declaration of, his sentiments or opinions; especially, one who makes a public avowal of his belief in the Scriptures and his faith in Christ, and thus unites himself to the visible church. "Professors - CELEBRATION
The act, process, or time of celebrating. His memory deserving a particular celebration. Clarendok. Celebration of Mass is equivalent to offering Mass Cath. Dict. To hasten the celebration of their marriage. Sir P. Sidney. - PHILOSOPHY
1. Literally, the love of, including the search after, wisdom; in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as explained by, and resolved into, causes and reasons, powers and laws. Note: When applied to any particular department of knowledge, - PROFESSORSHIP
The office or position of a professor, or public teacher. Walton. - BETTERMOST
Best. "The bettermost classes." Brougham. - PARISHEN
A parishioner. Chaucer. - OPPOSITIFOLIOUS
Placed at the same node with a leaf, but separated from it by the whole diameter of the stem; as, an oppositifolious peduncle. - IMPARISYLLABIC
Not consisting of an equal number of syllables; as, an imparisyllabic noun, one which has not the same number of syllables in all the cases; as, lapis, lapidis; mens, mentis. - PREIGNITION
Ignition in an internal-combustion engine while the inlet valve is open or before compression is completed. - HEATHENRY
1. The state, quality, or character of the heathen. Your heathenry and your laziness. C. Kingsley. 2. Heathendom; heathen nations. - FOREIGNER
A person belonging to or owning allegiance to a foreign country; one not native in the country or jurisdiction under consideration, or not naturalized there; an alien; a stranger. Joy is such a foreigner, So mere a stranger to my thoughts. Denham. - FOREIGNNESS
The quality of being foreign; remoteness; want of relation or appropriateness. Let not the foreignness of the subject hinder you from endeavoring to set me right. Locke. A foreignness of complexion. G. Eliot.