antigraph
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A manuscript from which a copy (apograph) is made.
Example Sentences
- "Following 1 above, it has been tacitly assumed that any manuscript book in C or R, irrespective of any change of antigraph, was equal to a manuscript text with uniform features, unless produced by more than one scribe, in which case the various parts were given separate treatment."
- "…once grouped the manuscripts into families, copied manuscripts can be discarded; only their antigraphs are considered, in order to perform the next step."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin antigraphum, from Ancient Greek ἀντίγραφον (antígraphon, “a transcribing”); compare French antigraphe.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: antigraphum, ἀντίγραφον