interlinealadj.
/ɪntəˈlɪniːəl/ΘΚΠ
society > communication > writing > written text > layout > [adjective] > inserted between lines
interlinearc1450
interlineal1526
interlineary1605
interlined1828
interlineated1882
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. PPPiii In this commaundement, as the glose interlinial sayth, is vnderstande & forbeden [etc.].
1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. xx. 236 If you take the ordinary interlineall Translation.
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. 106 Several Alcorans Translated in Persian, nevertheless that is but an interlineal Translation, word for word, and without any Sence.
1826 S. Smith Wks. (1869) 523 Whether very close interlined translations are helps in learning a language.
2. Disposed in alternate lines.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > [adjective] > placed between > in alternate lines
interlineal1851
1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. xxvi. 286 The merely ocular charm of interlineal opposition of colour.
Derivatives
interˈlineally adv.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > writing > written text > layout > [adverb] > written between lines
parenterlinariec1400
interlineally1612
interlinearily1623
interlinearly1846
1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. xx. 240 The Greeke text is set downe both in Greek Characters, and also in Latine letters interlineally, directly ouer the head of the Greek words.
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