Definitions for charactery

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charactery char·ac·ter·y

Spelling: [kar-ik-tuh-ree, -tree]

IPA: /ˈkær ɪk tə ri, -tri/

Charactery is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 339 anagrams from letters in charactery (aaccehrrty).

Definitions for charactery

noun

1. the use of characters or symbols for the expression of meaning.
2. characters or symbols collectively.

Origin of charactery

First recorded in 1580-90; character + -y³

Examples for charactery

So in Keats: "Before high-piled books in charactery Hold like rich garners the full-ripen'd grain."

II.125 charactery: "writing by characters or strange marks."

Here is a shell; 'tis pearly blank to me, Nor mark'd with any sign or charactery– Canst thou read aught?