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单词 enchorial
释义

enchorial

[ en-kawr-ee-uhl, -kohr- ]
/ ɛnˈkɔr i əl, -ˈkoʊr- /

adjective

(especially of demotic writing) belonging to or used in a particular country.
Also en·chor·ic [en-kawr-ik, -kor-]. /ɛnˈkɔr ɪk, -ˈkɒr-/.

Origin of enchorial

1815–25; <Late Latin enchōri(us) (<Greek enchṓrios native, equivalent to en-en-2 + chṓr(ā) country + -ios adj. suffix) + -al1

Words nearby enchorial

enchiridion, enchondral, enchondroma, enchondromatosis, enchondrosarcoma, enchorial, -enchyma, encina, encincture, encipher, encircle
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Example sentences from the Web for enchorial

  • Sometimes the papyri are found written in the enchorial character.

    Museum of Antiquity|L. W. Yaggy

  • The third kind of Egyptian writing which was formerly also called "enchorial" or indigenous.

    The New York Obelisk|Charles E. Moldenke

  • There was another language used by the ancient Egyptians, and expressed in what is called the demotic or enchorial character.

    Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 103, October 18, 1851|Various

British Dictionary definitions for enchorial

enchorial

enchoric

/ (ɛnˈkɔːrɪəl) /

adjective

of or used in a particular country: used esp of the popular (demotic) writing of the ancient Egyptians

Word Origin for enchorial

C19: via Late Latin from Greek enkhōrios, from en- ² + khōra country
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