† metagraphyn.
Obsolete. rare.
Transliteration.
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transposition1582
transpose1589
trajectiona1613
translettering1802
transliteration1835
transcription1870
metagraphy1872
1872 R. G. Latham Dict. Eng. Lang. at Transliteration Translation or rendering of the letter of one alphabet by its equivalent in another; metagraphy.
1888 T. Watts in Athenæum 17 Mar. 340/2 It was his [sc. Latham's] belief in the system of metagraphy as applied to non-European alphabets that made him a very early advocate of phonetic spelling.
Derivatives
metagraphic adj. rare of or relating to transliteration.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
ΚΠ
1872 R. G. Latham Dict. Eng. Lang. at Transliteration Metagraphy..this latter word giving metagraphic as its adjective, a more convenient one than transliterative or transliterational.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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