Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

long primer

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English

Syllables: long primer
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The size of type between bourgeois and small pica, standardized as 10-point.

Dated

noun

Alternative form of Long Primer.

Example Sentences

"The difference to you of treacle on a marble background is scarcely greater than that of printers' ink on newspaper to me. But anything smaller than pica I do not read with comfort, and below long primer I cannot read at all."

Etymology

Initially from primer (“prayer book”) from its use in those volumes in Protestant England. The qualifier was subsequently added to distinguish it from great primer and may derive from early editions published on long duodecimo paper.

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

long-primer (alternative) longprimer (alternative)

Synonyms

corpus Garamond

Questions

What does long primer mean?: The size of type between bourgeois and small pica, standardized as 10-point.
Where does long primer come from?: Initially from primer (“prayer book”) from its use in those volumes in Protestant England. The qualifier was subsequently added to distinguish it from great primer and may derive from early editions published on long duodecimo paper.

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