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单词 scripturient
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scripturientn.adj.

Brit. /skrɪpˈtjʊərɪənt/, U.S. /skrɪpˈt(j)ʊriənt/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin scripturient-, scripturiens, scripturire.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin scripturient-, scripturiens, present participle of scripturire to desire to write (5th cent.) < classical Latin scrīpt- , past participial stem of scrībere to write (see scribe n.1) + -urīre , suffix forming desiderative verbs (see -urient suffix).
Now rare.
A. n.
A person with a passion for writing; esp. one who produces an abundance of trivial or inferior work. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] > one who has passion for writing
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1637 Bp. F. White Exam. & Confut. Lawlesse Pamphlet To Rdr. sig. A2v A certaine clamorous and audacious Scripturient..hath vented a Lawlesse, and unlicensed Pamphlet.
1659 P. Heylyn Examen Historicum ii. Pref. Most of our late Scripturients affecting rather to be doing, then to be punctuall and exact in what they doe.
1666 S. Parker Free & Impartial Censure Platonick Philosophie 72 They seem..to have a huge ambition to be esteemed the Polemical Scripturients of the Age.
B. adj.
Having or characterized by a strong urge to write, or a passion for writing. In early use esp.: that produces an abundance of trivial or inferior writing; characterized by this.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [adjective] > having a desire for writing
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1639 T. Sheafe Vindiciæ Senectutis To Rdr. sig. B5 To impart to others what we have thought of and laboured in for ourselves, is..a thing usuall, not discommended, no not in these scripturient times.
1685 H. More Cursory Refl. 8 As if he laboured under the Scripturient Disease,..[he] could not forbear to write on the Apocalypse, though he had nothing to write.
1692 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 327 This grand scripturient paper-spiller, This endless, needless margin-filler.
1706 T. Ken Let. 30 Dec. in E. H. Plumptre Life Thomas Ken (1888) II. 181 There is a remarkable scripturient person, who keeps correspondence with your adversaries here.
1872 G. M. Hopkins Let. 4 Jan. in Further Lett. (1938) 88 I was then scripturient and quickening towards letter-heat.
1912 Daily News & Leader 20 June 6 The nation..is..highly scripturient.
2016 P. N. Herbert Treason in Rockies iv. 71 With scripturient alacrity, he pounded out..a seven-thousand-word typed statement.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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