Meanings
alternative UK palaeographic · alternative UK palæographic
- not comparableOf or pertaining to paleography.
Paleographic students are more or less familiar with about seventy early inscribed stones in Wales. The value of these monuments, as corroborative evidence of historical facts, in connection with waning popular traditions, is well understood.
1880, Wirt Sikes, British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions
Origin
From paleo- + -graphic or paleography + -ic.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish paleografinen
- paleografinenof or pertaining to paleography
French paléographique
- paléographiqueof or pertaining to paleography
German paläografisch, paläographisch
- paläografischof or pertaining to paleography
- paläographischof or pertaining to paleography
Irish pailéagrafach
- pailéagrafachof or pertaining to paleography
Italian paleografico
- paleograficoof or pertaining to paleography
Portuguese paleográfico
- paleográficoof or pertaining to paleography
Russian палеографический
- палеографический (paleografičeskij)of or pertaining to paleography
Spanish paleográfico
- paleográficoof or pertaining to paleography
Cite this entry
paleographic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paleographic
“paleographic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paleographic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paleographic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paleographic.
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