charactery
[ kar-ik-tuh-ree, -tree ]
/ ˈkær ɪk tə ri, -tri /
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noun
the use of characters or symbols for the expression of meaning.
characters or symbols collectively.
Nearby words
- characteristic velocity,
- characteristic x-ray,
- characterization,
- characterize,
- characterless,
- charactonym,
- charade,
- charades,
- charanga,
- charango
Origin of charactery
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Examples from the Web for charactery
So in Keats: "Before high-piled books in charactery Hold like rich garners the full-ripen'd grain."
The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Caesar|William ShakespeareII.125 charactery: "writing by characters or strange marks."
The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Caesar|William ShakespeareHere is a shell; 'tis pearly blank to me, Nor mark'd with any sign or charactery– Canst thou read aught?
Endymion|John Keats
charactery
/ (ˈkærɪktərɪ, -trɪ) /
noun plural -teries archaic
the use of symbols to express thoughts
the group of symbols so used
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