codex

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
16
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈkəʊdɛks/
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/ˈkəʊdɛks/ · /ˈkoʊdɛks/

Definition of codex

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. An early manuscript book.
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noun

  1. An early manuscript book.
  2. A book bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll.
    “From its inception, the index has provided a window onto the history of the book, for it took the advent of a particular type of book — the codex, a sheaf of pages fastened along one edge — to make an index a practical possibility.”
  3. An official list of medicines and medicinal ingredients.

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Etymology

From Latin cōdex, variant form of caudex (“tree trunk, book, notebook”); compare caudex (in botany). Doublet of code.

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