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charactery

[ kar-ik-tuh-ree, -tree ]

noun

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


charactery

/ ˈkærɪktərɪ; -trɪ /

noun

  1. the use of symbols to express thoughts
  2. 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of charactery1

First recorded in 1580–90; character + -y 3
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Example Sentences

Here is a shell; 'tis pearly blank to me, Nor mark'd with any sign or charactery– Canst thou read aught?

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

She became very pale, and a rigid and desolate charactery took possession of her face.

The teeming tree Had swollen and green'd the pious charactery, But not ta'en out.

II.125 charactery: "writing by characters or strange marks."

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