| Pronunciation: | | 'skowli`ast
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[n] a scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author) |
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SCHOLIAST is a 9 letter word that starts with S. |
| | See Also: | | scholar, scholarly person, student |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Scho"li*ast\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? a scholium: cf. F.
scoliate. See {Scholium}.]
A maker of scholia; a commentator or annotator.
No . . . quotations from Talmudists and scholiasts . .
. ever marred the effect of his grave temperate
discourses. --Macaulay.
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