Papyric

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Synonym of papyraceous: of, similar to, or related to papyrus.

    "It will, therefore, scarcely surprise anybody to learn that more than two thirds of the papyri in the Museums and collections of Europe, appertain to the period of Psameticus and his successors, although abundant papyric documents are extant of a far earlier epoch."

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papyraceous

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"It will, therefore, scarcely surprise anybody to learn that more than two thirds of the papyri in the Museums and collections of Europe, appertain to the period of Psameticus and his successors, although abundant papyric documents are extant of a far earlier epoch."

Etymology

From papyrus + -ic. Compare Latin papȳricus.

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