单词 | scribbledom |
释义 | scribbledomn. rare. The realm of scribblers or (inferior) writers (cf. scribble v.1 2a). Formerly also: †the practice of scribbling or writing (obsolete). ΚΠ 1838 Monthly Chron. 2 355 Is not this very word brief, with us, a name for exactly the longest and most tedious writing in scribbledom? 1844 C. G. F. Gore Pop. Member I. ix. 211 In these days of universal scribbledom, it is something to have escaped the baptism of ink! 1887 M. B. Betham-Edwards Next of Kin Wanted II. xvii. 221 Although without any apprenticeship to the sublime art of scribbledom, [she] could write sweet, unalloyed, rustic English. 1970 A. D. Hope Dunciad Minor iv. 54 In this vast scribbledom by fate immersed The best of critics wallow like the worst. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1838 |
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