paleography

paleography
Synonyms and related words:
IPA, ITA, Initial Teaching Alphabet, International Phonetic Alphabet, alphabet, alphabetics, autography, bowwow theory, calligraphy, chirography, comparative linguistics, criticism, cryptanalysis, cryptography, cryptology, derivation, descriptive linguistics, diagnostics, dialectology, dingdong theory, epigraphy, etymology, exegetics, fist, futhark, glossematics, glossology, glottochronology, glottology, grammar, graphanalysis, graphemics, graphology, graphometry, hand, handwriting, hermeneutics, historical linguistics, language study, letters, lexicography, lexicology, lexicostatistics, linguistic geography, linguistic science, linguistics, literary criticism, manuscript, mathematical linguistics, metoposcopy, morphology, morphophonemics, oneirology, pathognomy, pencraft, penmanship, penscript, philology, phonetics, phonology, physiognomics, physiognomy, psycholinguistics, runic alphabet, script, scription, scrive, semantics, semeiology, semeiotics, sociolinguistics, structuralism, stylography, syllabary, symptomatology, syntactics, textual criticism, transformational linguistics, tropology, writing system

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  • Paleography — Pa le*og ra*phy, n. [Paleo + graphy: cf. F. pal[ e]ographie.] 1. An ancient manner of writing; ancient writings, collectively; as, Punic paleography. [1913 Webster] 2. The study of ancient inscriptions and modes of writing; the art or science of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • paleography — [pā΄lē äg′rə fē] n. [ModL palaeographia: see PALEO & GRAPHY] 1. ancient writing or forms of writing, collectively 2. the study of describing or deciphering ancient writings paleographer n. paleographic [pā′lēō graf′ik] adj. paleographical …   English World dictionary

  • paleography — paleographer, n. paleographic /pay lee euh graf ik/ or, esp. Brit., /pal ee /, paleographical, adj. paleographically, adv. /pay lee og reuh fee/ or, esp. Brit., /pal ee /, n. 1. ancient forms of writing, as in documents and inscriptions. 2. the …   Universalium

  • paleography — noun Etymology: New Latin palaeographia, from Greek palai pale + graphia graphy Date: 1806 1. the study of ancient writings and inscriptions 2. a. an ancient manner of writing b. ancient writings • paleographer noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • paleography — noun a) Ancient forms of writing, as in a manuscript or document. b) The study of ancient forms of writing …   Wiktionary

  • paleography — pa·le og·ra·phy || ‚pælɪ É’grÉ™fɪ / É‘g n. research and study of ancient forms of writing …   English contemporary dictionary

  • paleography — pa·le·og·ra·phy …   English syllables

  • paleography — pa•le•og•ra•phy [[t]ˌpeɪ liˈɒg rə fi[/t]] esp. brit. [[t]ˌpæl i [/t]] n. 1) ling. ancient writing or forms of writing, as in documents and inscriptions 2) ling. ara the study of ancient writings • Etymology: 1810–20 pa le•og′ra•pher, n. pa… …   From formal English to slang

  • paleography — The study of ancient writings …   Grandiloquent dictionary

  • paleography — noun the study of ancient forms of writing (and the deciphering of them) • Hypernyms: ↑archeology, ↑archaeology • Hyponyms: ↑epigraphy …   Useful english dictionary

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