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charact

/ˈkæɹækt/

charact noun: a letter or character.

Noun

charact (plural characts)

  1. (obsolete) A letter or character.
  2. (obsolete) A character or personality.
    • Even so may Angelo / In all his dressings, characts, titles, forms, / Be an arch-villain.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  3. (archaic) A magical symbol.
    • O son of Khazib! when thou wakest from thy sleep dig under thy feet and thou shalt find a bow of brass and three leaden arrows, inscribed with talismans and characts.1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 15

Forms of charact

pluralcharacts

Origin of charact

From Old French characte, from Latin *characta, from Ancient Greek χαρακτός (kharaktós).

Questions about charact

What does charact mean?
Charact means a letter or character.
What part of speech is charact?
Charact is a noun.
How do you pronounce charact?
Charact is pronounced /ˈkæɹækt/.
What is the plural of charact?
The plural of charact is characts.

Words near charact in the dictionary

  1. characiforms
  2. characin
  3. characins
  4. characoid
  5. characoids
  6. charact
  7. character
  8. character actor
  9. character actors
  10. character actress
  11. character actresses

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