GRANGERISM
\ɡɹˈe͡ɪnd͡ʒəɹˌɪzəm], \ɡɹˈeɪndʒəɹˌɪzəm], \ɡ_ɹ_ˈeɪ_n_dʒ_ə_ɹ_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\
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By Noah Webster.
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gr[=a]n'jer-izm, n. the practice of cutting plates and title-pages out of many books to illustrate one book.--v.t. GRAN'GERISE, to practise grangerism. [From James Granger (1716-76), whose Biographical History of England (1769) gave an impetus to this.]
By Thomas Davidson
Word of the day
Quinones
- Hydrocarbon rings which contain two moieties position. They can be substituted in any position except at the ketone groups.