单词 | pediscript |
释义 | pediscriptn. rare. Something written using the foot; (in quot. 1652, humorously) the imprints of kicking. ΚΠ 1652 J. Shirley Honoria & Mammon iv. i I tell you, sir, verbatim: for a need, I have it all in pedescript. a1929 C. H. Unthan (1935) (title) The armless fiddler, a pediscript. 1988 J. McCormick & B. Pratasik Pop. Puppet Theatre in Europe 1800–1914 167 Gaston Baty established a text based on a pediscript of Prosper Delemarre, written about 1860. 1999 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 22 July (Neighbours) 3 He [sc. William R. Watson] penned three books using his feet... He called his longhand manuscripts pedescripts in longfoot. 2003 Nat. Hist. (Nexis) 112 66 He [sc. Unthan] produced an autobiographical ‘pediscript’ (so named because he had typed it out with his toes). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1652 |
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