brevier
The size of type between minion and bourgeois, standardized as 8-pointThe size of type between minion and bourgeois, standardized as 8-point.
Meaning
1 senses(dated, uncountable)The size of type between minion and bourgeois, standardized as 8-point.
Petit, Jungfer, Jungfrawschrift
Translations
4 languagesOrigin
Probably from Old French or Anglo-Norman *brevier, from Latin breviārium (“breviary”), preProbably from Old French or Anglo-Norman *brevier, from Latin breviārium (“breviary”), presumably from its use in printing them, hence a doublet of breviary and brimborion. Most breviaries were not, however, printed with such small type, leading some to conjecture that it instead derived from cognates of brief and has a meaning similar to French petit and German Petit.
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Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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