PRISCIAN'S HEAD

Domain	Definition
Literature	Priscian's Head To break Priscian's head (in Latin, "Diminuere Prisciani caput"). To violate the rules of grammar. Priscian was a great grammarian of the fifth century, whose name is almost synonymous with grammar. "Priscian's head is often bruised without remorse."- P. Thompson. "And held no sin so deeply red As that of breaking Priscian's head." Butler: Hudibras, Pt. ii. 2. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Synonyms within Context: PRISCIAN'S HEAD

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Solecism	Verb: use bad grammar, faulty grammar; solecize, commit a solecism; murder the King's English, murder the Queen's English, break Priscian's head.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Expression: PRISCIAN'S HEAD

Anagrams: PRISCIAN'S HEAD

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "'-a-a-c-d-e-h-i-i-n-p-r-s-s"
	-4 letters: precisians, radiancies.
	-5 letters: acridines, acridness, airscapes, airspaces, anarchies, aphidians, arachnids, archaised, archaises, ascarides, ascidians, cesarians, chariness, deanships, diarchies, dispraise, epicardia, haciendas, hairiness, handicaps, handpress, hardiness, nephridia, paradises, parchesis, parchisis, pharisaic, pinschers, piscaries, praesidia, precisian, prescinds, radiances, rapidness, sciaenids, spiderish, spinaches.
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Alternative Orthography: PRISCIAN'S HEAD

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Specialty Definition: PRISCIAN'S HEAD

Expression using "PRISCIAN'S HEAD": break Priscian's head. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.