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THURSDAY, JULY 25, 2024
Literatim
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adverb 1. (Of the copying of a text) Letter by letter.
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Play Button "The monk copied down the theological text literatim."
Play Button "Our office assistant takes dictation literatim on her typewriter."
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Latin, early 17th century
Why This Word?
This term stems from the medieval Latin "littera," meaning "letter." "Verbatim" and "literatim" might seem like synonyms, but their exact definitions differ slightly. "Verbatim" means "in the exact words," while "literatim" means "letter for letter." ...
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