literatim

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From Medieval Latin litterātim, from littera (“letter”). First known use: 1643.

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literatim (not comparable)

  1. (of the copying of text) Letter by letter.
    • 1903, The Friends’ Historical Society, The Journal of the Friends’ Historical Society, page 1:
      In order to give its Scots flavor to the eye, as I cannot to the ear, I shall transcribe its beginning literatim.

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