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codex
- /ˈkəʊdɛks/ UK
- /ˈkoʊdɛks/ US
Sounds like codecs · Rhymes with -ɛks
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin cōdex, variant form of caudex (“tree trunk, book, notebook”); compare caudex (in botany). Doublet of code.
noun codices · codexes
- An early manuscript book, especially one bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll. Only eleven codexes form the division that is intitled CHRISTIAN I.
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An official list of medicines and medicinal ingredients.
the French codex
Similar: pharmacopoeia
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: code, pharmacopoeia, food, hammadi, text, manuscript, tome, volume, folio, book, parchment, opus, treatise, notebook, ledger, register
Translations
Talk about this word "codex." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/codex. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. codex. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/codex "codex." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/codex.Cite this
@misc{codex_2026,
title = {codex},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/codex},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
