Gramarye refers to magic or occult knowledge, derived from Old French words for grammar and magic, ultimately linked to the Greek word for 'letter.'
Gramarye refers to occult learning or magic. The word originates from Old French 'gramaire,' meaning grammar or a book of magic, which itself comes from the Greek word for 'letter.'
| Back | gramarye /GRAM-uh-ree/ |
|---|---|
| Front | noun Occult learning; magic. [From Old French gramaire (grammar, book of magic), from Greek gramma (letter). Ultimately from the Indo-European root gerbh- (to scratch), which also gave us crab, crayfish, carve, crawl, grammar, program, graphite, glamor, anagram, paraph, and graffiti. Earliest documented use: 1320.] “There is naught of the power of gramarye in you. If there were, you would know it.” - Cecilia Dart-Thornton; The Lady of the Sorrows; Pan Macmillan; 2003. |
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