correspondence
Roget category 592
4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties› 4.10. Means of communicating ideas
›› 4.10.2. Conventional means
#592.
Correspondence
noun
correspondence,
letter,
epistle,
note,
billet,
post card,
missive,
circular,
favor,
billet-doux —
chit,
chitty†,
letter card,
picture post card —
postal [U.S.],
card —
despatch —
dispatch —
bulletin,
these presents —
rescript,
rescription† —
post
etc.
(messenger)
534.
verb
correspond with —
write to,
send a letter to —
keep up a correspondence.
adjective
epistolary.
phrase
furor scribendi [Lat.].
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