Definition of "ur-text" [ur-text]

• Alternative spelling of urtext. (noun)

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• "Obviously, it is an ur-text of the American enthrallment with Paris."
• "TIGANA by Guy Gavriel Kay (actually, anything by Guy Kay but TIGANA is the ur-text of shades-of-grey modern fantasy)"
• "I'm betting the film was The Front Page, the evergreen ur-text for all fictional stabs at the fourth estate."