black-letter

Definitions

1. 1

   Written or printed in black letter.

   • a black-letter manuscript or book
   • In the summer of 1877, a gentleman with whom I was well acquainted, took lodgings in Preston-street, Brighton. The morning after his arrival, he found in the W.C. some leaves of an old black-letter book.
2. 2

   Given to the study of books in black letter

   Given to the study of books in black letter; old-fashioned.

   • Kemble, a black-letter man!
3. 3

   Of or relating to the days in the calendar not marked with red letters as saints' days

   Of or relating to the days in the calendar not marked with red letters as saints' days; unlucky; inauspicious.

   • black-letter days

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