biliteral

[bahy-lit-er-uhl]

adjective

1. using or consisting of two letters.

2. (of Semitic roots) having two consonants.

Other Word Forms

• biliteralism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of biliteral¹

First recorded in 1780–90; bi- ¹ + literal

Example Sentences

“I affirm the depth and strength of the biliteral relations between Egypt and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” el-Sissi tweeted after returning to Egypt early Monday.

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Bacon’s cipher is also called the biliteral cipher, meaning that it uses two letters.

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William Friedman, a 20th-century cryptographer, was so impressed by the biliteral cipher that he used the principle to spell out a message in a photograph of his students.

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One of the most famous of these codes was Bacon’s biliteral cipher.

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ANSWER: The word encoded in Bacon’s biliteral cipher was KIDSPOST.

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