Worde

[ wawrd ]

/ wɔrd /

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noun

Wyn·kyn de

[wing-kin duh], /ˈwɪŋ kɪn də/, Jan Van Wynkyn, died 1534 or 35, English printer.

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How to use Worde in a sentence

This little work is very rare, being one of the productions from the press of Wynkin de Worde.
On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening,|Samuel Felton
Of the whych, that on is committed, when anye worde is fautely spoken or writen: 21 B.iii.
A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes|Richard Sherry
Consicio, contrary to Epenthesis, is when somewhat is cutte of from the myddeste of the worde, as: Idolatry for Idololatry.
A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes|Richard Sherry
Barbarismus is, when a worde is either naughtely wrytten or pronoced ctrary to the ryght law & maner of speakynge.
A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes|Richard Sherry

Dictio ctrari significans, when the mock is in a worde by a contrarye sence, as when we call a fustilugges, a minion.
A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes|Richard Sherry