Bookstaff
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbʊkˌstæf/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bookstaff is a noun meaning (archaic or puristic, now rare) A letter, a letter of the alphabet, a written character.
Meaning
(archaic or puristic, now rare) A letter, a letter of the alphabet, a written character.
Example Sentences
This is Aleph, says Isaac; the first bookstaff in the grammatic.
This place of endearment! How it is clear! How they cast their spells upon, the fronds that thereup float, the bookstaffs branchings!
'I can't read bookstaves, but Holiday learned himself,' said Softly. […] 'He learned me a bare five bookstaves, but it was enough to read a whole word.'
The poetic dialogue between Solomon and Saturn not only calls the rune for R the “best of bookstaves” (bocstafa brego), but it also spells out the Pater Noster, acrostically with runes, […]
Word Forms
- bookstaves
- bookstaffs
- bookstave
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bookstave, charact, letter, lettre, character, runestaff.
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