单词 | bescribble |
释义 | bescribblev. 1. transitive. To write in a scrawling hand, to scribble. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > write in specific style [verb (transitive)] > illegibly or untidily scribblec1456 bescribble1582 scrawl1612 scratch1806 scribble-scrabble1847 scrabble1856 squiggle1942 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 57 Her prophecyes in greene leaues nicelye be scribled. 1840 T. Hook Fitzherbert III. xvii. 333 The superscription was so bescribbled that even Miss Bartley's sidelong glance could decipher nothing. 2. To scribble about; to scribble on. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > be the author of or write (a work) [verb (transitive)] > express in written work or write about writeOE inditea1340 pena1527 pursue1558 to lay down1583 discur1586 paper1594 style1605 word1613 exercisea1616 bescribble1643 describble1794 bewrite1875 society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > write in specific style [verb (transitive)] > illegibly or untidily > cover with blota1513 scribble1540 daub1589 bescrawl1641 scrawl1647 bescribble1807 overscrawl1871 1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 31 That power..[he] hath improperly usurpt into his Court-leet, and bescribbl'd with a thousand trifling impertinencies. 1807 Salmagundi 4 Feb. 32 He be-scribbled more paper than would serve the theatre for snow-storms a whole season. Derivatives beˈscribbled adj. ΚΠ 1840Bescribbled [see sense 1]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < |
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