| 单词 | scribblerism |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈscribblerism ˈscribblerism n. rare the activity or product of a scribbler; worthless or poorly composed work. ΚΠ 1801 S. T. Coleridge Let. 1 Aug. (1956) II. 749 Other Perseverants in the noble Trade of Scriblerism. 1901 Sat. Rev. 2 Nov. 556/1 In the other essays..I find a gentleman who appears on the stage ‘under the footlights’, and other things just as amazing; and I leave them, admiring, dumbfounded by, the splendours of scribblerism. 2001 B. P. Lenman in R. A. Houston & W. W. J. Knox New Penguin Hist. Scotl. v. 304 William Alexander, MD, whose History of Women (1779) is an incoherent monument to obsessive scribblerism and no guide to reality, let alone female reality. < as lemmas |
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