black-letter
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.83 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Written or printed in black letter.
adj
Given to the study of books in black letter; old-fashioned.
adj
Of or relating to the days in the calendar not marked with red letters as saints' days; unlucky; inauspicious.
Example Sentences
- "a black-letter manuscript or book"
- "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."
- "Kemble, a black-letter man!"
- "black-letter days"