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单词 scribbled
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scribbledadj.1

Brit. /ˈskrɪbld/, U.S. /ˈskrɪb(ə)ld/
Forms: see scribble v.1 and -ed suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: scribble v.1, -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < scribble v.1 + -ed suffix1.
1.
a. Of a message, letter, etc.: quickly or carelessly composed; written in an irregular or untidy hand. Also of handwriting: irregular or untidy.ill scribbled: badly written (obsolete).
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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
society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [adjective] > bad > illegible or untidy > covered with
scribbled1550
scribble-scrabble1703
overscrawled1879
bescrawled1880
hen-scratched1915
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] > slovenly
largea1400
scribbled1550
slipshod1814
spewy1829
dashy1844
slip-along1849
dauby1878
sloppy1881
slipshoddy1882
1550 W. Thomas Principal Rules Ital. Grammer Epist. I knowe these fewe scribled rules to be muche imperfect.
1573 G. Gascoigne Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 300 Lady receyue, receyue in gracious wise, This ragged verse, these rude ill skribled lynes.
1584 in J. Bruce Papers Relating to 1st Earl of Gowrie (1867) 80 Weryinge your honour with the redinge of a tedious and scribled lettre.
a1626 J. Horsey Relacion Trav. in E. A. Bond Russia at Close of 16th Cent. (1856) 266 I..have forboren to incert..som propper inferrences for explanacion of such names..and t[erms], as you haue not ben used to read, especially in so scribled a hand.
1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 54 Ill scribled bills; which seem to be as so many charms or spells.
1767 Let. Rope-dancing Monkey 5 We are often taught to scrawl as you do,..and with a number of scribbled lines, we fill up many pages.
1878 Austral. Jrnl. Dec. 199/2 Young Denny was not much of a penman, and McGavin didn't for a moment doubt that the scribbled words were his.
1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors III. xiv. 291 The Rev. Septimus Barmby was roused by Mr. Peridon, with a scribbled message from Victor.
1909 P. C. Simpson Life Rainy II. xxi. 183 It is a scribbled and unfinished draft.
1979 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 4 Jan. 5 d/6 Her initial investigation has been slowed down by O'Neill's small and scribbled handwriting.
2012 H. Howard Mr. & Mrs. Madison's War vii. 186 Official word that ‘the battle was lost’ reached Mr. Madison in a hastily scribbled note from General Winder.
b. Of a drawing, image, etc.: produced in a spontaneous or unstudied way, with rapid lines or strokes.In figurative context in quot. a1616.
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a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. vii. 32 I am a scribled forme drawne with a pen Vpon a Parchment, and against this fire Do I shrinke vp. View more context for this quotation
1856 ‘Gold-Pen’ Poems 252 His idle pen began to trace Along the edge some scribbled face.
1890 J. W. Mollett Painters of Barbizon 41 In the letter..he sent an amusing scribbled sketch of himself under a large umbrella.
1906 Outlook 24 Nov. 771/1 Many educated people thought that an etching was a sort of scribbled drawing done on paper with pen and ink.
1966 Arcadia (Calif.) Tribune 12 June They were following the directions of an old scribbled map of doubtful origin.
2003 C. Maxey & J. Bremer It's your Move (2004) iii. 57 Frances..always signed her letters ‘Francie’, beside a scribbled self-portrait.
2. Of a page or other surface: that has been written on in an irregular or untidy hand. Also scribbled-on.
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1579 R. Galis Brief Treat. Cruelty E. Stile Ep. to R. Handley sig. A.ij Emongst which my cogitations this handful of scribled and barren papers.
1621 H. Elsynge Notes Deb. House of Lords (1870) 52 Mr. Sergeaunt Crewe and Mr. Attourney perused the scrybled booke and perfected the same.
1643 F. Bell in Mrs. Hope Franciscan Martyrs Eng. (ed. 3) xiv. 194 By chaunce they found in my pockett a little ragg of scribbled paper in Spanish.
1751 R. O. Cambridge Scribleriad ii. 18 He found a scribbled scroll.
1832 D. Jerrold Rent Day ii. i. 43 A letter's but a scribbled bit of paper, to be tossed aside, and there an end.
1905 Occident Mag. 15 May 585 Miss Dening whipped open the pages and displayed the scribbled margins.
1906 McClure's Mag. Mar. 499/2 He..savagely tore his scribbled-on paper into bits and flung them on the floor.
1974 T. Kinsella One 11 A broad street with boarded windows and scribbled walls.
2017 M. Brunelli in C. Yanes-Cabrera et al. School Memories iv. 49 Other scribbled on, torn and cut photos.

Derivatives

scribbledly adv. Obsolete rare in an irregular or untidy hand.
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society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [adverb] > illegibly or untidily
scribblingly1577
scribble-scrabble1590
scribbledly1681
illegibly1818
1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel Pref. p. vii It being writ..so scribledly as I may so say, and brokenly.
1685 H. More Illustr. Daniel & Revelation v. 55 The writing being writ more scribledly on purpose.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

scribbledadj.2

Brit. /ˈskrɪbld/, U.S. /ˈskrɪb(ə)ld/, Scottish English /ˈskrɪbld/
Forms: see scribble v.2 and -ed suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: scribble v.2, -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < scribble v.2 + -ed suffix1.
Originally Scottish. Now historical.
Of wool, yarn, etc.: that has been scribbled (scribble v.2).
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [adjective] > wool
kemptc1050
untrendc1535
rudge-washed1592
scribbled1682
trended1777
untrended1805
ridge-washed1811
1682 in W. R. Scott Rec. Sc. Cloth Manufactory New Mills (1905) 17 To send in scrubled wool in stones ½ and ¼ pts of stones and send samples of yarn with itt.
1790 M. Dunsford Hist. Mem. Tiverton i. 36 Kersies were serge cloths of scribbled yarn.
1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. ii. iv. 171 The scribbled wool is weighed.
1890 R. Beaumont Woollen & Worsted Cloth Manuf. (ed. 2) iii. 85 The combed top, which forms the basis of the worsted thread, consists of a very different arrangement of fibres from the sheet or flat ribbon of scribbled wool.
1915 Textile Amer. Mar. 19/2 The scribbled and carded slubbings.
1991 A. Randall Before Luddites i. 16 Scribbled wool was put out to very large numbers of women to be spun into yarn.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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