Missive

Etymology
15th Century; from Medieval Latin missivus:, from mittere:.

Noun

 * 1)  A written message; a letter, note or memo.
 * 2) *2008, Claire Armistead, The Guardian, 25 Oct 2008:
 * The Madonna letters, which are interspersed with more personal missives in this curious epistolary memoir, accumulate into a rap about the downsides of celebrity - the problems of ageing, of invaded privacy, of becoming vain and impetuously adopting children from other continents.
 * 1) *1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Chapter 71:
 * "Curses throttle thee!" yelled Ahab. "Captain Mayhew, stand by now to receive it"; and taking the fatal missive from Starbuck's hands, he caught it in the slit of the pole, and reached it over towards the boat.

Translations

 * Greek: επιστολή, σημείωμα


 * Icelandic:, langur og virðulegur pistill

Noun
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