literatim
[ lit-uh-rey-tim ]
/ ˌlɪt əˈreɪ tɪm /
adverb
letter-for-letter; literally.
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Origin of literatim
1635–45; < Medieval Latin, a formation based on Latin līterātus (see literate), with adv. suffix -im
Definition for literatim (2 of 2)
verbatim et literatim
[ wer-bah-tim et lee-te-rah-tim; English ver-bey-tim et lit-uh-rey-tim ]
/ wɛrˈbɑ tɪm ɛt ˌli tɛˈrɑ tɪm; English vərˈbeɪ tɪm ɛt ˌlɪt əˈreɪ tɪm /
adverb Latin.
word for word and letter for letter; in exactly the same words.
Also ver·ba·tim ac li·te·ra·tim [wer-bah-tim ahk lee-te-rah-tim; English ver-bey-tim ak lit-uh-rey-tim] /wɛrˈbɑ tɪm ɑk ˌli tɛˈrɑ tɪm; English vərˈbeɪ tɪm æk ˌlɪt əˈreɪ tɪm/.
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Examples from the Web for literatim
Marsh's narrative is too diffuse, not to mention other faults, for me to follow it verbatim et (il-)literatim.
Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier|Frank H. SeveranceThey are given in their chronological order, and verbatim, but not literatim, the orthography having been modernized.
Shakespeare's Insomnia, And the Causes Thereof|Franklin H. Head
British Dictionary definitions for literatim
literatim
/ (ˌlɪtəˈrɑːtɪm) /
adverb
letter for letter
Word Origin for literatim
C17: from Medieval Latin, from Latin littera letter
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