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black-letter en · ADJ
Meanings
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Written or printed in black letter.
In the summer of 1877, a gentleman with whom I was well acquainted, took lodgings in Preston-street, Brighton. The morning after his arrival, he found in the W.C. some leaves of an old black-letter book.
1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 54:a black-letter manuscript or book
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(figuratively) Given to the study of books in black letter; old-fashioned.
Kemble, a black-letter man!
1833, James Boaden, Memoirs of Mrs. Inchbald:
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Of or relating to the days in the calendar not marked with red letters as saints' days; unlucky; inauspicious.