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词汇 enchorial
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Definition of enchorial in English:

enchorial

adjective ɛnˈkɔːrɪəlɪnˈkɔːrɪəl
rare
  • Denoting or relating to the kind of language used by ordinary people; colloquial or demotic.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The enchorial language was not placed on sacred edifices.
    • Difficulties of no ordinary kind presented themselves to all who had applied to make out even the second, or enchorial inscription.
    • The writing is enchorial, but of a form so closely allied to hieroglyphics that it shows how the one passes into the other.
    • The Greek papyrus contains the translation of a deed of sale, the text of which, in enchorial characters, is on a papyrus at Paris.
    • One cannot avoid being astonished at his making out the meaning of an Enchorial manuscript of some length, without the help of any translation.
    Synonyms
    popular

Origin

Early 19th century: from Greek egkhōrios 'in or of the country' (from en- 'within' + khōra 'country') + -al.

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