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transliteral

adj

Etymology

Probably from transliterate, perhaps influenced by literal.

  1. derived from littera
  2. derived from litteralis
  3. derived from literal
  4. inherited from literal
  5. prefixed as transliteral — “trans + literal”

Definitions

  1. Transliterating

    Transliterating; using transliteration.

    • 1897, Syamacharan Ganguli, TRANSLITERAL versus PHONETIC ROMANISATION, article IX in the Calcutta Review, volume 105 (number 210)

  2. More than literal

    More than literal; beyond literal.

    • Freud's understanding of sexuality was always transliteral, […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for transliteral. 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