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单词 scrawling
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scrawlingn.

/ˈskrɔːlɪŋ/
Etymology: < scrawl v.2 + -ing suffix1.
The action of scrawl v.2; scribbling, careless untidy writing.
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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

Etymology: < scrawl v.1 + -ing suffix2.
Obsolete.
Crawling.
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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

/ˈskrɔːlɪŋ/
Etymology: < scrawl v.2 + -ing suffix2.
That scrawls. Of handwriting: Careless, untidy, illegible.
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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).
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