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commatism

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Etymology

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See commatic, +‎ -ism.

Noun

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commatism (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Conciseness in writing.
    • 1820, Samuel Horsley, Biblical Criticism:
      The parallelism in many parts of Hosea is imperfect, interrupted, and obscure; an effect perhaps of the commatism of the style.
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