单词 | scrawling |
释义 | scrawlingn. The action of scrawl v.2; scribbling, careless untidy writing. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [noun] > bad handwriting > untidy or illegible scribbling1536 scribble-scrabble1602 scrawling1612 scrawl1710 scrawls1728 hieroglyphic1742 scoteinography1779 scratch1785 pot-hookery1795 hen scrat1825 cryptogram1827 scribble1828 griffonage1832 hen-scratching1851 chicken scratches1863 hieroglyph1875 1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. xx. 230 Schollars now will be carefull to keepe their Greeke Testaments faire from blotting or scrauling. 1764 T. Reid Inq. Human Mind iv. §2. 108 Is it not pity that the refinements of a civilized life, instead of supplying the defects of natural language, should root it out, and plant in its stead..the scrawling of insignificant characters? 1812 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. (ed. 2) II. vi. viii. 147 The drop of ink which hangs trembling on his pen, which he may either dash upon the floor or waste in idle scrawlings. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxxvii. 375 After much painful scrawling and erasing,..the old woman produced this document. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2019). † scrawlingadj.1 Obsolete. Crawling. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving along with hands and feet or with body prone > [adjective] > scrambling scrawling1561 scrambly1943 1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips lxix. 481 The duste brought forth the scralling lise. 1589 Rare Triumphes Loue & Fortune i. sig. A.ij Brought vp in blood and cherisht with scrauling Snakes. 1637 G. Daniel Genius of Isle 285 Here Scrauling wretches, too, too bad to tell, Endure a Torment. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021). scrawlingadj.2 That scrawls. Of handwriting: Careless, untidy, illegible. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [adjective] > bad > illegible or untidy unlegible1451 foul?1467 scribbled1550 scribbling1592 crabbed1612 hieroglyphical1613 scrabbled1625 illegible1640 unreadable1655 scribbly1659 pot-hook1674 scrawlinga1754 undecipherable1758 scribblative1829 scrawly1833 scrawny1833 scrawled1848 hieroglyphic1856 pot-hooky1867 scriggly1896 chicken scratch1933 a1754 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. (1755) IV. 375 Parsons..could make a shift to write a scrawling hand. 1860 All Year Round 21 Apr. 33 He was continually shaking sand from a pepper~box over scrawling entries in marble-covered copy-books. 1886 G. Allen For Maimie's Sake xvii Written..in a loose, scrawling uneducated hand. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1612adj.11561adj.2a1754 |
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