Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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adj
Referring to a type of musical notation used by Shakers, based on letters instead of notes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, not-comparable
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adj
Regarding letters of the alphabet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, rare
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noun
Obsolete form of literal (“a misprint that affects a letter”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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noun
The name of a letter, such as gy. for the letter G.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Lojban
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History
From letter + -al. The Lojban sense was coined by James Cooke Brown by analogy with numeral.
