Text

German (Berlin)

/tɛkst/

noun
Definitions
  • text writing consisting of several sentences and forming a discrete unit
  • text passage of a larger opus, often Scripture, examined and interpreted as a unit
  • lyrics, lines words of a song, film, etc.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German text derived from Latin textus (woven, style texture of a work, text).

Origin

Latin

textus

Gloss

woven, style texture of a work, text

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