glagolitic

Glag·o·lit·ic

G g

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [glag-uh-lit-ik]
- /ˌglæg əˈlɪt ɪk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [glag-uh-lit-ik]
- /ˌglæg əˈlɪt ɪk/

Definitions of glagolitic word

adjective glagolitic noting or written in an alphabet, probably invented by St. Cyril in about a.d. 865, formerly used in writing Old Church Slavonic and other Slavic languages: almost completely replaced by Cyrillic starting about the 10th century. 1
noun glagolitic the Glagolitic alphabet. 1
adjective glagolitic of, relating to, or denoting a Slavic alphabet whose invention is attributed to Saint Cyril, preserved only in certain Roman Catholic liturgical books found in Dalmatia 0
adjective glagolitic designating or of a Slavic alphabet probably predating the Cyrillic alphabet 0
noun glagolitic (linguistics) The oldest known Slavonic alphabet, designed around 862–863 by Saint Cyril in order to translate the Bible and other texts into Old Church Slavonic. Mostly replaced by Cyrillic alphabet in Orthodox Christian Slavic countries, but still in use in the Croatian Church along the Dalmatian coast, in Czech and Croatian recensions of Church Slavic. 0
adjective glagolitic Of or written with the Glagolitic alphabet. 0

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Origin of glagolitic

First appearance:

before 1860

One of the 29% newest English words

1860-65; < New Latin glagoliticus, equivalent to glagolit(a), Latinization of Serbo-Croatian glagòljica (ultimately derivative of OCS glagolŭ speech, word) + -icus -ic

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Parts of speech for Glagolitic

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glagolitic popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 70% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

glagolitic usage trend in Literature

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