palaeotype
palaeotype noun: an old book printed between 1500 and 1550.
Noun
palaeotype (plural palaeotypes)
- An old book printed between 1500 and 1550.
- The library of the British Museum is […] rich in manuscripts, rich in palaeotypes, rich in the science, history, and literature of every age and nation.1854, Jos. C. Coswell, The Astor Library
- The identification of this edition as an incunabulum, and not an early palaeotype, evokes doubts in a number of scholars (for example, it was not included in the Census).2000, Manuscripta Orientalia: International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research, Volumes 6-7, page 22
- A phonetic alphabet developed by Alexander John Ellis to represent all spoken sounds of English by means of the printing types that were in common use in the mid-19th century, one of the predecessors of IPA.
- Of course for publication in a newspaper, my palaeotype would not answer, but my glossotype would enable the author to give his Pennsylvania German in an English form and much more intelligibly.1889, Alexander Ellis, On Early English Pronunciation
Forms of palaeotype
| plural | palaeotypes |
|---|---|
| alternative form | paleotype |
Origin of palaeotype
From New Latin palaeotypus (“which dates from the early days of printing; incunabulum, paleotype”), synchronically palaeo- + type.
Questions about palaeotype
- What does palaeotype mean?
- Palaeotype means an old book printed between 1500 and 1550.
- What part of speech is palaeotype?
- Palaeotype is a noun.
- What is the plural of palaeotype?
- The plural of palaeotype is palaeotypes.
Words near palaeotype in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: palaeotype (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “palaeotype.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/palaeotype. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.