Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

palaeotype

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: palaeo-type
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An old book printed between 1500 and 1550.

noun

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."

Etymology

From New Latin palaeotypus (“which dates from the early days of printing; incunabulum, paleotype”), synchronically palaeo- + type.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: palaeo
Root: palaeotypus

Inflected Forms

palaeotypes (plural) paleotype (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

palaeotypical palaeotypically

Questions

What does palaeotype mean?: An old book printed between 1500 and 1550.
Where does palaeotype come from?: From New Latin palaeotypus (“which dates from the early days of printing; incunabulum, paleotype”), synchronically palaeo- + type.

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