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Webster 1913 Edition


Palaeotype

Pa′læ-o-type

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Noun.
[
Palæo-
+
-type
.]
(Phon.)
A system of representing all spoken sounds by means of the printing types in common use.
Ellis.
Paˊlæ-o-typ′ic-al
(#)
,
Adj.
Paˊlæ-o-typ′ic-al-ly
,
adv.

Definition 2024


palaeotype

palaeotype

English

Alternative forms

Noun

palaeotype (plural palaeotypes)

  1. A system of representing all spoken sounds by means of the printing types in common use.
    • Alexander Ellis
      Of course for publication in a newspaper, my palaeotype would not answer, but my glossotype would enable the author to give his Pennsylvania German in an English form and much more intelligibly.
  2. An printed manuscript that is written using palaeotype.
    The library of the British Museum is [] rich in manuscripts, rich in palaeotypes, rich in the science, history, and literature of every age and nation.
    • 2000, Manuscripta Orientalia: International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research, Volumes 6-7, page 22:
      The identification of this edition as an incunabulum, and not an early palaeotype, evokes doubts in a number of scholars (for example, it was not included in the Census).

Related terms

  • palaeotypical
  • palaeotypically