FRAKTUR

Etymology

Noun

fraktur (countable and uncountable, plural frakturs)

(typography) A style of black letter type, used especially in Germany in the 16th to 20th centuries.

(US) A Pennsylvania German document style, incorporating watercolour illustration and fraktur lettering.

Noun

Fraktur (plural Frakturs)

Alternative letter-case form of fraktur

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

25 January 2025

DERMATOGLYPHICS

(noun) the study of the whorls and loops and arches in the fingertips and on the palms of the hand and the soles of the feet; “some criminologists specialize in dermatoglyphics”


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