单词 | scoteography |
释义 | scoteographyn. rare. The practice of writing in the dark or without seeing.Only with reference to the blind philosopher John Gough (cf. quot. 1804). ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > system of writing > [noun] > others hydrographya1657 hierography1731 pasigraphy1796 scoteography1804 scriptio continua1845 grass hand1850 palaeotype1867 pneumatography1876 pasigraphic1947 abugida1990 1804 Jrnl. Nat. Philos. Jan. 53 (heading) Scoteography, or the Art of Writing in the Dark. 1890 Dict. National Biogr. XXII. at Gough, John The latter series treat of..prime factors, ventriloquism as due to reflection, scoteography, or the art of writing in the dark,..and various purely mathematical questions. 2001 R. Hamblyn Invention of Clouds 147 He [sc. Gough] was also a master of the fields of mathematics, zoology and scoteography—the art of writing in the dark. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1804 |
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