lettrinen.

Brit.

/lɛˈtriːn/, U.S.

/lɛˈtrin/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French lettrine.

Etymology: < French lettrine (1625) < Italian letterina (not dated in dictionaries in the specific typographical sense; a1562 as †letrina in the more common sense ‘short letter or epistle’) < lettera letter n.¹ + -ina -ine suffix⁴.

An (ornamental) initial letter larger than the size of the text it accompanies.

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society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] > letter > letter according to position

final1627

initial1627

medial1776

subscript1804

superscript1804

superfix1814

lettrine1891

1891 Notes & Queries 15 Aug. 140/2 The lettrines and vignettes are once more exquisite.

1932 J. Joyce Let. 11 Nov. (1957) II. 326 He liked her alphabet and has written to the manager of Burns and Oates about using these lettrines for a reprint of Chaucer's A.B.C. poem.

1970 Private Libr. 2nd Ser. 3 174 Wood engravings such as the ‘lettrine’ (initial letter) that figures at the beginning of this article.

2003 New Yorker 8 Dec. 133 He persuaded her to take up book illustration—she drew lettrines, ornamental capitals.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lettrine
释义	lettrinen. Brit. /lɛˈtriːn/, U.S. /lɛˈtrin/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French lettrine. Etymology: < French lettrine (1625) < Italian letterina (not dated in dictionaries in the specific typographical sense; a1562 as †letrina in the more common sense ‘short letter or epistle’) < lettera letter n.¹ + -ina -ine suffix⁴. An (ornamental) initial letter larger than the size of the text it accompanies. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] > letter > letter according to position final1627 initial1627 medial1776 subscript1804 superscript1804 superfix1814 lettrine1891 1891 Notes & Queries 15 Aug. 140/2 The lettrines and vignettes are once more exquisite. 1932 J. Joyce Let. 11 Nov. (1957) II. 326 He liked her alphabet and has written to the manager of Burns and Oates about using these lettrines for a reprint of Chaucer's A.B.C. poem. 1970 Private Libr. 2nd Ser. 3 174 Wood engravings such as the ‘lettrine’ (initial letter) that figures at the beginning of this article. 2003 New Yorker 8 Dec. 133 He persuaded her to take up book illustration—she drew lettrines, ornamental capitals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1891
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