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promptuary.

A magazine, repository, or handbook.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A magazine, repository, or handbook.

    obsolete
  2. A device described in Napier's treatise Rabdologiæ, consisting of a large set of strips used to multiply multi-digit numbers more easily than Napier’s bones.

Where this word comes from

Latin promptuarium (“storehouse”).

adj
  1. Of or relating to preparation.

    not-comparable · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Latin promptuarium (“storehouse”).

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