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letteral.

Referring to a type of musical notation used by Shakers, based on letters instead of notes.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj
  1. Referring to a type of musical notation used by Shakers, based on letters instead of notes.

    historical · not-comparable
  2. Regarding letters of the alphabet.

    not-comparable · rare
Where this word comes from

From letter + -al. The Lojban sense was coined by James Cooke Brown by analogy with numeral.

noun
  1. Obsolete form of literal (“a misprint that affects a letter”).

    alt-of · obsolete
  2. The name of a letter, such as gy. for the letter G.

    Lojban
Where this word comes from

From letter + -al. The Lojban sense was coined by James Cooke Brown by analogy with numeral.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.