graphic abbreviation
Linguistics and Palaeography
noun
A written abbreviation of a word intended to be read as the full word, as distinguished from one which is pronounced as it is spelled.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Henry Sweet (1845–1912), phonetician and comparative philologist.
- perphenazine
- Perpignan
- perplex
- perplexability
- perplexed
- perplexedly
- perplexedness
- perplexer
- perplexing
- perplexingly
- perplexion
- perplexity
- perplexive
- perplexment
- per primam intensionum
- per primam intentionem
- per pro.
- per procuration
- per procurationem
- perp walk
- perqueer
- perqueir
- perquisite
- perquisition
- perquisitor