brevier
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of brevier
1590–1600; < German: literally, breviary; so called from use in printing breviaries
Example Sentences
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Her nose, italicized brevier, Too lovely to describe by penpoint; Her mouth is set in pearl: her ear And chin are comely Caslon ten-point.
From Chimneysmoke by Christopher Morley
At an endurance test in New York he is reported to have set and distributed 26,000 ems solid brevier in twenty-four hours.
From Reminiscences of Pioneer Days in St. Paul by Frank Moore
Mr. Daggett told him their names and sizes—nonpareil, brevier, agate, pica, minion and a dozen others which Bobby could not remember but which he found exotic and attractive.
From The Adventures of Bobby Orde by Worth Brehm
Bourgeois, brevier, minion, and nonpareil, long primer, turn-ups, dunning advertisements, and reprints, back forme, imposing-stone, and locking-up, are all quite out of their way, and a sort of slang that they have no interest in.
From The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 3, 1836-1870 by Mamie Dickens
More or less arbitrary names—such as minion, bourgeois, brevier, and nonpareil,—were formerly used; but what is called the point-system is now practically universal, although its unit, the “point,” is not everywhere the same.
From A Librarian's Open Shelf by Arthur E. Bostwick
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