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illiteral

adj

Etymology

From il- + literal.

  1. derived from littera
  2. derived from litteralis
  3. derived from literal
  4. inherited from literal
  5. formed as illiteral — “in- + literal”

Definitions

  1. Not literal.

    • Descending under the earth, is a translation most of all unexact and illiteral.
    • […] did from erroneous conceptions speak false, slanderous and illiteral things of JACOB TORIAN tending to implicate him in some degree with certain horse-thieves by representing him as being favourably disposed towards them […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for illiteral. 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