PROMPTUARY

Etymology

Noun

promptuary (plural promptuaries)

(obsolete) A magazine, repository, or handbook.

(arithmetic) A device described in Napier's treatise Rabdologiæ, consisting of a large set of strips used to multiply multi-digit numbers more easily than Napier’s bones.

Adjective

promptuary (not comparable)

(obsolete) Of or relating to preparation.

Source: Wiktionary

Promp"tu*a*ry, a.

Definition: Of or pertaining to preparation. [R.] Bacon.

Promp"tu*a*ry, n. Etym: [L. promptuarium, fr. promptuarius belonging to distribution, distributing: cf, F. promptuaire. See Prompt, a.]

Definition: That from which supplies are drawn; a storehouse; a magazine; a repository. Woodward.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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