Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adv. Letter for letter: a word transcribed literatim.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Letter for letter; without the change of a letter: usually in the phrase verbatim et literatim
Wiktionary
- adv. of the copying of text Letter by letter.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. Letter for letter.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. letter for letter
Etymologies
- From Medieval Latin litterātim, from littera ("letter"). First Known Use: 1643 (Wiktionary)
- Medieval Latin līterātim, litterātim, from Latin littera, lītera, letter; see letter. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The only time that students in my class were reprimanded en masse for plagiarism, they had copied literatim large chunks of the introduction to the textbook used in class!”
The Wall Street Journal: WSJIDEBATE: Are Students Too Reliant on the Internet for Research?
“Consequently there is no just reason for translating the whole verbatim et literatim, as has been done by Torrens, Lane and”
“The attempt, or rather the intention, was highly creditable; the copy was carefully moulded upon the model and offered the best example of the verbatim et literatim style.”
“Reproduzco abajo, verbatim et literatim, un folleto de propaganda electoral que recibí antes de las elecciones europeas de 2004.”
“Which temper Jones was now in, we leave the reader to guess, having no exact information about it; but this is certain, that he had spent two hours in expectation, when, being unable any longer to conceal his uneasiness, he retired to his room; where his anxiety had almost made him frantick, when the following letter was brought him from Mrs. Honour, with which we shall present the reader verbatim et literatim.”
“When I read his magazine, Mythic Delirium, I immediately noted that Allen took science fiction poetry literatim, however it's parsed--speculative, fiction, science: idea made manifest in words--including variations that do not stray from the use of such a term.”
“This he learns by repeated perusal, till he can quote almost every passage literatim.”
“The above order can be given _literatim_, and will be understood by the dealer, who will furnish, at a trifling cost, the materials, cut and tapped as ordered.”
“The following (says the Chronotype), is a _verbatim et literatim_ copy of the letter sent by Knight to Craft, to entice him to the U.S.”
“These letters have been addressed by emigrants to their relatives in the eastern part of Sussex, and have been printed _literatim_.”
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 376, June 20, 1829
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘literatim’.
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Word Words
This used to be my nym list, but there are so many words about words, I think it's time to expand and open.
acronym, antonym, aptronym, autoantonym, autonym, bacronym, capitonym, contranym, contronym, eponym, exonym, heteronym and 120 more...
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250 Cherry-Picked Words
Juicy words for the intermediate and advanced speller
consomme, miniaceous, nankeen, smaragdine, stramineous, vitellary, allemande, beguine, bransle, charabanc, margaritaceous, chaconne and 238 more...
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phrontistery - l
from phrontistery.info
lacis, laches, labret, labile, lability, labarum, labefactation, labeorphily, lux, luff, lour, limn and 496 more...
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These words are about words.
words on words. yyep.
codex, folio, lexicon, tome, word stock, wordbook, wordlist, palaver, word index, argot, parlance, doublespeak and 68 more...
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Twitter favourites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
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bumwank, calamity, recalcitrant, gayenese, jeeze, nonsense, flabbergasted, juxtapose, procrastinating, ossanity, biffing, loser and 1972 more... -
anotherfailedattempt's Words
kakistocracy, conflagration, pollyanna, equanimity, punctillious, obstreperous, ribald, belligerent, truculent, verbose, lachrymose, onanism and 278 more...
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Words I Should Use In English Papers
exactly what the title said
snell, kitling, felo-de-se, ratch, salina, triskaidekaphobia, weltanschauung, literatim
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rememberers
prolix, ageusia, animadversion, anodyne, antic, arabesque, beadle, brachymetropia, colophon, desquamation, diaphoresis, diegesis and 3248 more...
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Vicki's Words
bloviate, caliginous, disquisition, exegesis, gallimaufry, literatim, redact, sckoochidy, concision, paralogism, pangram
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The Pleonastic Athenaeum of Counter-D...
fuligin, ineffable, atramentous, atrament, oneiromancy, thaumaturgy, lachrymose, athenaeum, daedal, mammothrept, anaimosarke, psilanthropy and 38 more...
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words I love
I love these words for many reasons: their sounds, their subtle meanings, their appearances.
persnickety, sibilance, solace, lugubrious, vex, meow, parsifal, imprimatur, bedinner, salitter, prandial, abeyance and 15 more...
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perhapsolutely's Words
polyradiculoneuro..., abulia, abubble, abscission, abaft, zareba, abatis, abigail, abiogenesis, ablate, ablaut, abo and 1705 more...
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Words to know
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Words I don't know, but should
Tweets
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