单词 | initial letter |
释义 | > as lemmasinitial letter a. Standing at the beginning of a word, paragraph, or division of a book or writing, or of the alphabet: as an initial letter.In old manuscripts frequently, and in modern printing occasionally, the initial letters at the heads of paragraphs or sections are made large and more or less ornamental. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > [adjective] > letter according to position capitala1382 heada1387 final1530 initial1622 principial1625 subscript1683 mediala1749 superscript1793 adscript1812 epenthetic1831 epenthesized1880 non-final1896 society > communication > writing > written character > [adjective] > letter used as abbreviation initiala1714 siglarian1818 1622 S. Ward Christ All in All (1627) 9 The Α and Ω..two Letters..the principall, initiall, and finall of the Alphabet. a1714 Bp G. Burnet Hist. Reformation anno 1559 (R.) At the end of every section, the initial letters of his name that had translated it, were printed, as W. E...for Will. Exon. 1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting II. i. 19 In the initial letter are the portraits of the King sitting on the throne delivering the patent to the Earl, [etc.]. 1845 J. T. Graves Rom. Law in Encycl. Metrop. 781/1 The work has been usually cited by numbers, not by initial words. 1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 101 Vasari intimates that the initial or large-letter writing was a distinct occupation about 1350. < as lemmas |
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