antedating
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.18 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An earlier citation of a lexical item.
Example Sentences
- "The new edition of the dictionary contains several antedatings."
- "Had I access to large databases of scanned-in newspapers from the Philippines, or Africa, or India, etc., we would expect to see a good percentage of antedatings of the current earliest instances."