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单词 charactery
释义

charactery

[ kar-ik-tuh-ree, -tree ]
/ ˈkær ɪk tə ri, -tri /

noun

the use of characters or symbols for the expression of meaning.
characters or symbols collectively.

Origin of charactery

First recorded in 1580–90; character + -y3

Words nearby charactery

character set, character sketch, character study, character type, character witness, charactery, charactonym, charade, charades, charanga, charango
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Example sentences from the Web for charactery

  • So in Keats: "Before high-piled books in charactery Hold like rich garners the full-ripen'd grain."

    The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Caesar|William Shakespeare
  • II.125 charactery: "writing by characters or strange marks."

    The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Caesar|William Shakespeare
  • Here is a shell; 'tis pearly blank to me, Nor mark'd with any sign or charactery– Canst thou read aught?

    Endymion|John Keats

British Dictionary definitions for charactery

charactery
/ (ˈkærɪktərɪ, -trɪ) /

noun plural -teries archaic

the use of symbols to express thoughts
the group of symbols so used
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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