codex
/ˈkoʊdɛks/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.18 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An early manuscript book, especially one bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll.
noun
An official list of medicines and medicinal ingredients.
Example Sentences
- "Only eleven codexes form the division that is intitled CHRISTIAN I."
- "To discover and possess Greek codexes then became the ambition of every cultured person"
- "The great body of Old English poetry is preserved in three volumes, or codexes, of miscellaneous content"
- "Sarima drew her robes about her, and traced a pattern in the cold dust on a nearby stack of codexes."
- "We're still learning about this cache of codexes, and one thing we've learned is that they aren't all "Gnostic" in character."
- "But by the time we reach that telescope and the imaginative gallery it introduces, we have seen things even more remarkable: ornately decorated quadrants of enameled brass, metal calipers, arcane charts, minutely inscribed maps, spheres within spheres like compass roses from other worlds, codexes and manuscripts, cylinders, dials, rings, rods and boxes."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkoʊdɛks/
- British English: /ˈkəʊdɛks/