literationn.
/ˌlɪtəˈreɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌlɪdəˈreɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. The action or process of representing (sounds or words) by letters or in writing; transcription.In quot. 1783 in reverse sense: the manner in which letters are sounded.
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society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > formation of letters > [noun] > action of representing sounds or words in letters
literation1783
1783 W. Jackson 30 Lett. Var. Subj. II. xxvii. 85 Will you give me leave to make an abrupt transition from Alliteration to Literation, and pardon me also for coining? The Germans in pronouncing English..almost constantly change b into p, d into t, g (hard) into k, [etc.].
1824 T. Martin Philol. Gram. Eng. Lang. ii. 8 The business of Orthography, the first part of Grammar, may be distinguished under two different heads: Literation or Articulation, and Syllabication.
1872 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 1871 115 Before examining the body of the work we must carefully scrutinize the introduction, containing the palaeotype, the author's system of notation and literation for scientific purposes.
1918 T. Hardy in T. H. Ward Eng. Poets V. 174 His aim in the exact literation of Dorset words is not necessarily to exhibit humour and grotesqueness.
1928 J. Sykes Mary Anne Disraeli ix. 85 ‘D'Israeli and Mrs. D'Izzy’—an unusual form of literation of the familiar diminutive.
1992 G. C. Izenour Roofed Theaters Classical Antiq. 4 The all-powerful impetus of a written language..eventually resulted in literation of the ancient heroic sagas.
2. The method or style of making letters.Apparently an isolated use.
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literation1926
1926 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 June 390/2 To sacrifice..the exquisite literation that in the old hands delights us like a poem.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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