rare. [f. L. commat-: see COMMA and -ISM. Cf. F. commatisme in Littré.] Commatic character; brevity of clauses.
1801. Bp. Horsley, Hosea, 43 (T.). The parallelism in many parts of Hosea is imperfect, interrupted, and obscure; an effect perhaps of the commatism of the style. [Referring app. to Jerome’s remark, Osee commaticus est.]
