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charactery
[ kar-ik-tuh-ree, -tree ]
noun
- the use of characters or symbols for the expression of meaning.
- characters or symbols collectively.
charactery
/ ˈkærɪktərɪ; -trɪ /
noun
- the use of symbols to express thoughts
- the group of symbols so used
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Word History and Origins
Origin of charactery1
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Example Sentences
Here is a shell; 'tis pearly blank to me, Nor mark'd with any sign or charactery– Canst thou read aught?
So in Keats: "Before high-piled books in charactery Hold like rich garners the full-ripen'd grain."
She became very pale, and a rigid and desolate charactery took possession of her face.
The teeming tree Had swollen and green'd the pious charactery, But not ta'en out.
II.125 charactery: "writing by characters or strange marks."
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