promptuary

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noun

A magazine, repository, or handbook.

OriginLatin promptuarium →
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

nounpromptuary (plural promptuaries)

plural promptuaries

  1. obsoleteA magazine, repository, or handbook.
  2. arithmeticA 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.
adjectivepromptuary (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteOf or relating to preparation.

    such things as frequently happen and come in dispute ; and this we call the promptuary way

    1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinpromptuarium“storehouse”
  2. Englishpromptuary

Latin promptuarium (“storehouse”).

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APA

promptuary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/promptuary

MLA

“promptuary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/promptuary. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “promptuary,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/promptuary.

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