publicke

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A form of public — Able to be known or seen by everyone; happening without concealment; open to general view.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

adjectivepublicke (comparative more publicke, superlative most publicke)

comparative more publicke · superlative most publicke

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of public.

    I ſavv her once / Hop forty Paces through the publicke ſtreete, […]

    c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 347, column 2
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “publicke,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/publicke.

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