Palaeotype
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Palaeotype is a noun meaning An old book printed between 1500 and 1550.
Meaning
An old book printed between 1500 and 1550.
More Meanings
- (historical) A phonetic alphabet developed by Alexander John Ellis to represent all spoken sounds of English by means of the printing types that were in common use in the mid-19th century, one of the predecessors of IPA.
Example Sentences
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.
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).
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.
Word Forms
- palaeotypes
- paleotype
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include palaeograph, palaeography, paleography, palaeoscenario, palaeolith, palaeorecord.
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