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gra⋅dus

1[grey-duhs]
–noun, plural -dus⋅es. Music.
a work consisting wholly or in part of exercises of increasing difficulty.

Origin:
< L: grade, step

gra⋅dus

2[grey-duhs]
–noun, plural -dus⋅es.
a dictionary of prosody, esp. one that gives word quantities and poetic phrases and that is intended to aid students in the writing of Latin and Greek verse.

Origin:
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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