syntaxis

American  

[sin-tak-sis] / ˌsɪnˈtæk sɪs /

noun

1. Geology. a point in a mountain range or group of geological folds where the dominant orientation changes abruptly.

2. Grammar, Older Use. syntax.

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Etymology

Origin of syntaxis

First recorded in 1535–45; from Late Latin, from Greek: literally, “arrangement in order,” equivalent to syntag- (stem of syntássein “to arrange together”; see syntactic) + -sis -sis

Example Sentences

Nouns and pronouns, I pronounce you as traitors to boys' buttocks; syntaxis and prosodia, you are tormentors of wit, and good for nothing, but to get a schoolmaster twopence a-week.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by Hazlitt, William Carew

He runs over all sciences to peruse their syntaxis, and thinks all learning comprised in writing Latin.

From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by Earle, John

He runs over all sciences to peruse their syntaxis, and thinks all learning com-prised in writing Latin.

From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various