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syllabary|ˈsɪləbərɪ|
Also 6 -ery.
[ad. mod. L. syllabārīum: see prec. Cf. F. syllabaire, Sp. silabario spelling-book.]
A collection, set, system, list, or table of syllables. Also attrib.
1586J. Ferne Blaz. Gentrie To Gentl. Inner Temple A v, If any neuer so meere a Syllabery, or Christ crosse losell, haue clumperd vp (with the helpe of some rude and grosse Minerua) any worke, straightwaies it is meete for all to reade. 1654Brooksbank Rules Syllabication (title-p.), With Directions for the use of the English Syllabary, and the English Monosyllabary. 1839Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. I. 121 The Japanese syllabary. 1873Earle Philol. Engl. Tongue (ed. 2) §91 The Chinese writing has led to syllabaries among the Japanese, and to an alphabet among the Coreans. 1879Jefferies Wild Life in S. Co. 149 The starling has a whole syllabary of his own, every note of which evidently has its meaning. 1883Sayce Fresh Light fr. Anc. Mon. Introd. 12 The Persian cuneiform system must have consisted of an alphabet, and not of a syllabary. |