syllabarium
[ sil-uh-bair-ee-uh m ]
/ ˌsɪl əˈbɛər i əm /
noun, plural syl·la·bar·i·a [sil-uh-bair-ee-uh] /ˌsɪl əˈbɛər i ə/.
QUIZZES
DO YOU KNOW THIS VOCABULARY FROM "THE HANDMAID'S TALE"?
"The Handmaid's Tale" was required reading for many of us in school. Everyone else has probably watched the very popular and addictive TV show. Do you remember this vocabulary from the book, and do you know what these terms mean?
Question 1 of 10
decorum
Origin of syllabarium
From New Latin; see origin at syllabary
Words nearby syllabarium
syktyvkar, syl-, sylacauga, syli, syll., syllabarium, syllabary, syllabi, syllabic, syllabicate, syllabicity
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Example sentences from the Web for syllabarium
Like Doala, too, he had a language adapted to a syllabarium.
The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies|Robert Gordon LathamThe Vei alphabet is a syllabarium; of which the preceding was a specimen.
The Natural History of the Varieties of Man|Robert Gordon Latham