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gradus

1

[ grey-duhs ]

noun

, Music.
, plural gra·dus·es.
  1. a work consisting wholly or in part of exercises of increasing difficulty.


gradus

2

[ grey-duhs ]

noun

, plural gra·dus·es.
  1. a dictionary of prosody, especially one that gives word quantities and poetic phrases and that is intended to aid students in the writing of Latin and Greek verse.

gradus

/ ˈɡreɪdəs /

noun

  1. a book of études or other musical exercises arranged in order of increasing difficulty
  2. prosody a dictionary or textbook of prosody for use in writing Latin or Greek verse
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of gradus1

< Latin: grade, step

Origin of gradus2

First recorded in 1755–65; after Gradus ad Parnassum (a step to Parnassus), Latin title of a dictionary of prosody much used in English public schools during the 18th and 19th centuries
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gradus1

C18: shortened from Latin Gradus ad Parnassum a step towards Parnassus, a dictionary of prosody used in the 18th and 19th centuries
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Example Sentences

Except that Gradus misses Kinbote and mortally wounds Shade.

Tales sunt Sadismus, Masochismus, et gradus Sodomiae praeter primum.

Gradus initialis hujus status est amicitia inordinata inter duos pueros aut duas puellas.

For this the last chapter of the first book of Fuxs Gradus ad Parnassum might have served.

These when harnessed to a “Gradus” as a break were very safe and steady.

Tausig was for Gradus, you know, and practiced it himself every day.

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