gradus
1a work consisting wholly or in part of exercises of increasing difficulty.
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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.
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Except that gradus misses Kinbote and mortally wounds Shade.
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British Dictionary definitions for gradus
/ (ˈɡreɪdəs) /
a book of études or other musical exercises arranged in order of increasing difficulty
prosody a dictionary or textbook of prosody for use in writing Latin or Greek verse
Origin of gradus
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