Meanings
- uncountableA statistical method of analyzing a text to determine its author.
Later WS bends it, stops mid-line, wraps around lines. This is early. Comp stylometry will confirm.
2011, Arthur Phillips, The Tragedy of Arthur, New York: Random House, →ISBN, page 1821 more example
Stylometry is a tool to be used when external evidence is lacking and the solution to the problem must come from the study of the texts which present the problem. Stylometry is therefore particularly useful in classical studies, especially for Greek texts which were written and reproduced by hand in an era when the rights of authors were limited, […].
1973, S. Michaelson, A. Q. Morton, “Positional stylometry”, in The Computer and Literary Studies, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 69Synonyms: stylometrics
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA statistical method of analyzing a text to determine its author.
Origin
- Medieval Latinstylus
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)teyg-
- Proto-Italic*stiglos?
- Latinstilu
- Old Frenchestile
- Middle Englishstile
- Englishstyle
- Proto-Indo-European*med-
- Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
- Ancient Greekμέτρον (métron)
- Englishstylometry
Cite this entry
stylometry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stylometry
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