Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe size of type between minion and bourgeois, standardized as 8-point.
Origin
- Latinbreviārium“breviary”
- Anglo-Norman*brevier
- Englishbrevier
Probably from Old French or Anglo-Norman *brevier, from Latin breviārium (“breviary”), presumably from its use in printing them, hence a doublet of breviary and brimborion. Most breviaries were not, however, printed with such small type, leading some to conjecture that it instead derived from cognates of brief and has a meaning similar to French petit and German Petit.
More words from Anglo-Norman, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch petit, brevier
- petitnoun
- breviernoun
- galjardnoun
Esperanto petita
- petitanoun
French gaillarde, petit-texte
- gaillardenoun
- petit-textenoun
German Petit, Jungfer
- Petitnoun
- Jungfernoun
- Jungfrawschriftnoun
Italian testino
- testinonoun
Spanish breviario
- breviarionoun
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with brevier
Cite this entry
brevier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brevier
“brevier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brevier. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brevier,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brevier.
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