inscriptionaladj.
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society > communication > writing > written text > an inscription > [adjective] > bearing inscription
inwrittena1382
storied1481
lettered1593
charactered1598
mottoed1738
inscriptional1777
inscribed1826
legended1847
inscriptured1881
inscriptioned1888
inscripted1923
sloganed1966
1777 T. Campbell Philos. Surv. S. Ireland ii. 21 In the same nave are three inscriptional slabs.
1795 J. C. Murphy Trav. Portugal 308 Several ancient inscriptional stones have been found.
2. Of, belonging to, characteristic of, or of the nature of, an inscription or inscriptions.
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society > communication > writing > written text > an inscription > [adjective]
inscriptive1740
inscriptional1822
epigraphic1858
epigraphical1881
1822 J. Tate in S. Parr Wks. (1828) VII. 251 The inscriptional labours of your classical pen.
1880 J. L. Warren Guide Study Book-plates vii. 63 The inscriptional portion of the plate is copied first in italics.
1891 Spectator 21 Mar. ‘A.S.’ is not unfrequently used in inscriptional Latin for ‘Anno Salutis’.
1896 Ramsay in Expositor Sept. 195 Criteria derived..from inscriptional and alphabetical character.
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