papyrus

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans
noun tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
noun a document written on papyrus

From Middle English papirus, borrowed from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros), of unknown origin. Doublet of papyros.

The papyrus is undeniably genuine. — She who sleeps : $b A romance of New York and the Nile, Sax Rohmer
Papyrus, indeed, became the rage at Casa Bianca. — The Princess of the School, Angela Brazil
A month long have I wrought on this bit of papyrus. — A Victor of Salamis, William Stearns Davis

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