English Explanatory Dictionary

promptuary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A magazine, repository, or handbook.
  2. A device described in Napier's treatise Rabdologiæ, consisting of a large set of strips used to multiply multi-digit numbers more easily than Napier’s bones.
adj
  1. Of or relating to preparation.

Word forms

promptuary promptuaries

Etymology

Latin promptuarium (“storehouse”).

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