stylus
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
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writing
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin stylus (“a stake or pale”). Probably not directly related to Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “a pillar”). Doublet of style.
Inflected forms:
form: styli
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: styluses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: stilus
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay, wax-covered tablets or other surfaces, and a blunt end for obliterating them.
pos: noun
examples: [T]he pleasure of writing on wax with a stylus is exemplified by the fine, flowing hand of a Roman scribe who made out the birth certificate of Herennia Gemella, born March 128 AD.
But that tactic may have older roots than we thought; archaeologists have discovered an iron stylus in London, complete with an inscribed joke, that dates back nearly 2,000 years.
Of 200 styluses found at a site under Bloomberg’s new European headquarters, only one – dating back to around 70 A.D. – had a message inscribed onto it.
gloss: An ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay, wax-covered tablets or other surfaces, and a blunt end for obliterating them.
pos: noun
gloss: An ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay, wax-covered tablets or other surfaces, and a blunt end for obliterating them.
pos: noun
examples: Use the stylus to scroll up and down the list or flip through the pages left and right.
It’s the cheapest stylus Apple’s released yet, but you’ll need a USB-C iPad to use it.
gloss: A hard-pointed pen-shaped instrument for marking on stencils used in a mimeograph machine.
pos: noun
gloss: A hard point, typically of diamond or sapphire, following a groove in a phonograph and transmitting the recorded sound for reproduction.
pos: noun
gloss: A hard point, typically of diamond or sapphire, following a groove in a phonograph and transmitting the recorded sound for reproduction.
pos: noun
gloss: A tool for making small dots on a piece of heavy paper, used to produce Braille writing for the blind by hand.
pos: noun
gloss: Synonym of style.
pos: noun
Related words: light pen
lightpen
Derived words: gonostylus
stylo-
styl-
surstylus
Translations:
lang: Belarusian
word: стыло́
roman: styló
lang: Bulgarian
word: сти́лус
roman: stílus
lang: Catalan
word: estil
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 描畫針 /描画针
roman: miáohuàzhēn
lang: Dutch
word: stylus
lang: Dutch
word: griffel
lang: Dutch
word: schrijfstift
lang: Esperanto
word: grifelo
lang: Finnish
word: stilus
lang: French
word: stylet
lang: French
word: style
lang: German
word: Schreibgriffel
lang: German
word: Schreibspitze
lang: German
word: Stilus
lang: Greek
word: γραφίδα
roman: grafída
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἐγκεντρίς
roman: enkentrís
lang: Hungarian
word: íróvessző
lang: Italian
word: stilo
lang: Japanese
word: スタイラス
roman: sutairasu
lang: Korean
word: 첨필
roman: cheompil
lang: Korean
word: 스타일러스
roman: seutailleoseu
lang: Latin
word: stilus
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: stylus
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: stylus
lang: Polish
word: stylus
lang: Portuguese
word: estilo
lang: Portuguese
word: estilete
lang: Romanian
word: stil
lang: Russian
word: сти́лос
roman: stílos
lang: Russian
word: сти́лус
roman: stílus
lang: Russian
word: стило́
roman: stiló
lang: Spanish
word: estilo
lang: Spanish
word: estilete
lang: Ukrainian
word: сти́лос
roman: stýlos
lang: Ukrainian
word: сти́лус
roman: stýlus
lang: Ukrainian
word: стиль
roman: stylʹ
lang: Ukrainian
word: стило́
roman: styló
lang: Bulgarian
word: игличка
roman: iglička
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 唱針 /唱针
roman: chàngzhēn
lang: Dutch
word: naald
lang: Esperanto
word: nadlo
lang: Finnish
word: neula
lang: French
word: saphir
lang: German
word: Saphir
lang: German
word: Grammofonnadel
lang: Greek
word: βελόνα
roman: velóna
lang: Hungarian
word: gramofontű
lang: Italian
word: puntina
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: stift
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: stift
lang: Portuguese
word: safira
lang: Portuguese
word: agulha
lang: Russian
word: иго́лка
roman: igólka
lang: Spanish
word: aguja