Definitions For Palaeotype

Noun

PALAEOTYPE (plural PALAEOTYPEs) An old book printed between 1500 and 1550. (historical) A phonetic alphabet developed by {{w, Alexander John Ellis}} to represent all spoken sounds of english by means of the printing types that were in common use in mid-19th century, one of the predecessors of ipa.

Related terms

palaeotypical palaeotypically

Alternative forms

paleotype

Etymology

from {{bor + en + nl. + palaeotypus + + incunabulum, paleotype}}, synchronically palaeo/">which dates from the early days of printing; incunabulum, paleotype}}, synchronically palaeo + type

Is Palaeotype a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

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Scrabble
17
Words with Friends
19

The word Palaeotype is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends

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