ante litteram
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "In the fifteenth century, he espoused ecology ante litteram. He endorsed ecology before the term "ecology" existed."
- "What could have been a moral victory or arguably a feminist struggle ante litteram remains a farcical squabble between a nagging wife and a ridiculous old man."
- "the new mass media played an increasingly crucial role throughout the nineteenth century as an ante litteram CNN."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin