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abbreviature

noun
/əˈbɹi.vi.əˌt͡ʃʊɹ/US

Etymology

From Medieval Latin abbreviātūra, from Late Latin abbreviō (“shorten, abbreviate”). See also abbreviate.

  1. derived from abbreviō
  2. derived from abbreviātūra

Definitions

  1. An abridgment

    An abridgment; a compendium; an abstract.

    • This is an excellent abbreviature of the whole duty of a Christian.

  2. An abbreviated state or form.

  3. A shortened form of a word or phrase, used in place of the whole

    A shortened form of a word or phrase, used in place of the whole; an abbreviation.

    • The hand of PROVIDENCE writes often by abbreviatures, hieroglyphicks or short characters […]
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The process of abbreviating.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for abbreviature. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA