commatism

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

See commatic, +‎ -ism.

Noun

[edit]

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.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=commatism&oldid=75911157"