literary
adjective
pertaining to or of the nature of books and writings, especially those classed as literature.
preliterary
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a word derived from
literary.
Example Sentences
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We harbor the notiron of a preliterary world, where ideas have yet to be born and we commune directly with reality.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2016
In our survey of preliterary Latin we had occasion to notice that one of its characteristics was a lack of fixity in the use of forms or constructions.
From The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature by Frank Frost Abbott
The similarity of its style to that of the preliterary specimen is worth observing.
From The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature by Frank Frost Abbott
When we were analyzing preliterary Latin, we noticed that the co-ordination of ideas was one of its characteristics, so that this trait evidently persisted in popular speech, while literary Latin became more logical and complex.
From The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature by Frank Frost Abbott
Of this preliterary Latin we have no record.
From The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature by Frank Frost Abbott
