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casebook en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkeɪsˌbʊk/

Etymology

From case + book. First use appears c. 1675.

Meanings

  1. (figuratively, uncommon) Having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon; a textbook example.
    • Her shrink had told her that her own father, as she'd describe him, was practically a casebook example of an anal retentive. 1977, Cyra McFadden, The Serial, A Year in the Life of Marin County, page 70:

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more casebook Degree=Cmp lexicographic
case-book alternative lexicographic
most casebook Degree=Sup lexicographic
case book alternative lexicographic

casebook en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkeɪsˌbʊk/

Etymology

From case + book. First use appears c. 1675.

Meanings

  1. (US) A kind of book, used in law schools, containing the text of court opinions in legal cases accompanied by analysis and related materials.
  2. A collection of stories or accounts that can individually be described as cases.

Forms

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case-book alternative lexicographic
casebooks Number=Plur lexicographic
case book alternative lexicographic