Definitions
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- noun In pathology, inability to form a grammatical sentence.
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- noun The
inability to formsentences by virtue of a braindisorder .
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek ἀγράμματος (agrammatos, "illiterate") + -ism (English suffix).
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Examples
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_ -- Many children, long after they have overcome acataphasia and agrammatism, delight in inserting between words sounds, syllables, and words that do not belong there; e. g., they double the last syllable of every word and put an _eff_ to it: _ich-ich-eff_, _bin in-eff_, etc., or they make a kind of bleat between the words
The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. William T. Preyer 1869
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Abnormal word order and a characteristic agrammatism are noted.
British Blogs 2009
darbie commented on the word agrammatism
A grammar nazis worst nightmare this is.
May 24, 2012