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Webster 1913 Edition


Commatism

Com′ma-tism

,
Noun.
[See
Commatic
.]
Conciseness in writing.
Bp. Horsley.

Webster 1828 Edition


Commatism

COMMATISM

,
Noun.
Briefness; conciseness in writing.

Definition 2024


commatism

commatism

English

Noun

commatism (uncountable)

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