Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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Quotation dates: 1710, 1795
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†ELEMENTARIAN, n. Also elimentarian, and hypocoristic form eelieyte, with a play on yella yite, s.v. Yite (Abd. a.1842 J. Ramsay in Bon Record (ed. Simpson 1906) 198). In Aberdeen Grammar School: a pupil in the beginners' class.Abd. 1710 Abd. Burgh Records (1872) 341:
The whole schollars of the said schooll (excepting the elimentarians) be reduced to four classes.Abd. 1795 in Bon Record (ed. Simpson 1906) 182:
First or Elementarian Class — Latin Syntax (2 copies), Virgil (two) . . . Grammatical Exercises (two). [List of prizes presented by the Town Council.]
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