promptuary
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English
Etymology
Latin promptuarium (“storehouse”).
Noun
promptuary (plural promptuaries)
- (obsolete) A magazine, repository, or handbook.
- (arithmetic) 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.
Adjective
promptuary (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Of or relating to preparation.
- 1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, , →OCLC:
- such things as frequently happen and come in dispute ; and this we call the promptuary way
References
“promptuary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.