Modistae (English, noun)
expansion: Modistae pl (plural only)
Senses:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The members of a school of grammarian philosophy known as modism or speculative grammar, active in northern France, Germany, England, and Denmark in the 13th and 14th centuries. They believed in a tripartite theory of "modes" of meaning in language, relating to being, understanding, and signifying.
tags: historical
plural
plural-only
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