palaeotypicadj.
/ˌpalɪəˈtɪpɪk/, /ˌpeɪlɪəˈtɪpɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌpeɪlioʊˈtɪpɪk/ Linguistics. Now historical and rare.
Of or relating to palaeotype.
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pasigraphic1797
pasigraphical1806
palaeotypic1866
proto-Elamite1906
Pascuan1940
1866 A. J. Ellis in Trans. Philol. Soc. 36 There will, doubtless, be found in the many languages which have not yet been phonetically studied, several varieties of sound which are not here furnished with palaeotypic symbols.
1872 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 1871 120 Some of Mr. Ellis' foreign transliterations, as hinted in the palaeotypic scheme and expanded in the body of the book, strike me as very odd.
1889 A. J. Ellis On Early Eng. Pronunc. V. v. 2 Where I was unable to obtain vivâ voce or palaeotypic information, I had the same difficulty as before in interpreting the informants' orthography.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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