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Bookstaff

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Alternatively "bookstave"

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1 Noun

Noun[edit | edit source]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

Attested in modern English, from Early Middle English bocstaff < Old English bocstæf < Proto-Germanic, cognate to German Buchstabe, Dutch/Afrikaans boekstaaf, Norwegian/Swedish bokstav, Danish bogstav, Icelandic bókstafur, Faroese bókstavur.

Pronunciation[edit | edit source]

"bookstaff" /ˈbʊk stɪf/
"bookstave" /ˈbʊk stɪv/

Main Entry[edit | edit source]

bookstaff (plural bookstaves)

a letter of the alphabet

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