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charactery|ˈkærəktərɪ; in Shakespeare kəˈræktərɪ|
rarely -try.
[collective noun f. character n.; see -ery, and cf. Gr. χαρακτήριον.]
1. Expression of thought by symbols or characters; the characters or symbols collectively.
1598Shakes. Merry W. v. v. 77 Fairies vse Flowres for their characterie. 1601― Jul. C. ii. i. 308, I will construe to thee, All the Charractery of my sad browes. 1818Keats Endym. iii. 767 Nor mark'd with any sign or charactery. a1821― Sonn. ‘When I have fears’, High piled books, in charactry, Hold like rich garners the full ripen'd grain. 1872Browning Fifine cxxiii. 65 Far better..Through rude charactery, than..That lettering of your scribes! 1879Trench Poems 99 All o'er-writ with charactery strange.
†b. spec. Shorthand; cf. character n. 3 b.
1588T. Bright (title) Characterie, an Arte of Short, Swifte, and Secrete Writing.
†2. Delineation of character. Obs.
1614Bp. Hall Recoll. Treat. 221 Drawing out the true lineaments of every vertue and vice..which Art they significantly tearmed Charactery. |