charact
English
Etymology
From Old French characte, from Latin *characta, from Ancient Greek χαρακτός (kharaktós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkæɹækt/
Noun
charact (plural characts)
- (obsolete) A letter or character.
- (obsolete) A character or personality.
- Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
- Even so may Angelo / In all his dressings, characts, titles, forms, / Be an arch-villain.
- Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
- (archaic) A magical symbol.
- 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 15
- O son of Khazib! when thou wakest from thy sleep dig under thy feet and thou shalt find a bow of brass and three leaden arrows, inscribed with talismans and characts.
- 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 15