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surtext

surtext noun: the explicit or surface meaning of a literary text, as opposed to the subtext.

Noun

surtext (plural surtexts)

  1. (rare) The explicit or surface meaning of a literary text, as opposed to the subtext.

Forms of surtext

pluralsurtexts

Origin of surtext

From sur- + text.

Questions about surtext

What does surtext mean?
Surtext means the explicit or surface meaning of a literary text, as opposed to the subtext.
What part of speech is surtext?
Surtext is a noun.
What is the plural of surtext?
The plural of surtext is surtexts.

Words near surtext in the dictionary

  1. surtaxes
  2. surtaxing
  3. Surtees
  4. Surteeses
  5. Surteesian
  6. surtext
  7. surtexts
  8. surthriver
  9. surthrivor
  10. Surti
  11. Surtis

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