scriveningn.

Brit.

/ˈskrɪv(ə)nɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈskrɪv(ə)nɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: scriven v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < scriven v. + -ing suffix¹.

Originally: the work or occupation of a scribe, clerk, or secretary (cf. scrivener n. 1a) (now chiefly historical). Later often more generally: the action or practice of writing; the work of a writer (cf. scrivener n. 3).

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > [noun]

writingeOE

penning1548

composition1553

characterizing1591

penship1622

scription1627

exaration1631

inkshed1672

scrivening1680

quill-driving1756

pen-and-inkage1894

society > communication > writing > manner of writing > [noun] > mechanically

scrivening1680

1680 W. Petyt Britannia Languens viii. 128 Multitudes of those that want Imployments..will naturally and inevitably throng themselves into the like, viz. importing Merchandise, Retayling, Shop-keeping, the Law,..Offices, Scrivening, Solliciting, and Physick.

1790 India Gaz. 19 Apr. Mr. Watts continues his Office of Translations and Scrivening (in all its branches) with the business of a Notary.

1809 M. Edgeworth Ennui xviii, in Tales Fashionable Life I. 383 He..would, after two or three hours hard scrivening..permit me to yawn, and stretch, and pity myself, and curse the useless repetitions of lawyers.

1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters 221 When I had done my scrivening, Hanson strolled out.

1949 Nation's Business Dec. 6/2 After 20 years of scrivening in the business world, Wallach has one of the widest acquaintances of any reporter in his field.

1990 Salmagundi 87 61 The ordeal and ardor of scrivening and transcription have been lost.

2001 Sunday Times (Nexis) 18 Nov. Self..divides his life between the hard labour of scrivening..and the free leisure of drugs, food and trips to Venice.

Compounds

General attributive, as scrivening paper, scrivening time, etc.

ΚΠ

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Scrivenin time, time appropriated to writing.

1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. vi. i. 141 Had I that same scrivening art at my service, I should write me a book setting forth what I..observed.

1896 S. R. Crockett Grey Man xi. 79 Two sheets of clean scrivening paper.

1943 Washington Post 4 Mar. 9 b/5 In his scrivening days, Samuel Clemens covered America in person as thoroughly as did the pages between the covers of his many books.

2013 Guardian (Nexis) 26 Oct. 6 An idea that the right set of unbreakable [grammar] rules will provide an infallible formula for scrivening success.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

scriveningadj.

Brit.

/ˈskrɪv(ə)nɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈskrɪv(ə)nɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: scriven v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < scriven v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier scrivening n.

That works as a scribe, clerk, or secretary (cf. scrivener n. 1a). Sometimes more generally: that writes; that is a writer (cf. scrivener n. 3).

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > [adjective] > writing as occupation

pen and ink1672

clerking1679

quill-driving1707

scrivening1778

1778 D. Garrick in H. Fielding Fathers Prol. sig. Aiii^v Now Slipslop enters..tho' this scrv'ning [sic] vagrant, 'Salted my virtue, which was ever flagrant.

1814 M. Edgeworth Patronage II. xxiii. 328 When he was a scrivening nobody in his garret.

1875 Quiver Jan. 62/1 Caligraphy worthy of the old minute books of the first scrivening secretaries.

1913 Smart Set Feb. 158/1 We have among us a lot of scrivening boys and girls so all-fired clever that they can make novels and stories out of sows' ears.

2003 R. D. MacDonald Persons Unknown in Plays Two 150 A depressingly unmysterious hobbledehoy whom you could wholeheartedly recommend for the job of scrivening clerk to the Magistrate's Court.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	scrivening
释义	scriveningn. Brit. /ˈskrɪv(ə)nɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈskrɪv(ə)nɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: scriven v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < scriven v. + -ing suffix¹. Originally: the work or occupation of a scribe, clerk, or secretary (cf. scrivener n. 1a) (now chiefly historical). Later often more generally: the action or practice of writing; the work of a writer (cf. scrivener n. 3). ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > [noun] writingeOE penning1548 composition1553 characterizing1591 penship1622 scription1627 exaration1631 inkshed1672 scrivening1680 quill-driving1756 pen-and-inkage1894 society > communication > writing > manner of writing > [noun] > mechanically scrivening1680 1680 W. Petyt Britannia Languens viii. 128 Multitudes of those that want Imployments..will naturally and inevitably throng themselves into the like, viz. importing Merchandise, Retayling, Shop-keeping, the Law,..Offices, Scrivening, Solliciting, and Physick. 1790 India Gaz. 19 Apr. Mr. Watts continues his Office of Translations and Scrivening (in all its branches) with the business of a Notary. 1809 M. Edgeworth Ennui xviii, in Tales Fashionable Life I. 383 He..would, after two or three hours hard scrivening..permit me to yawn, and stretch, and pity myself, and curse the useless repetitions of lawyers. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters 221 When I had done my scrivening, Hanson strolled out. 1949 Nation's Business Dec. 6/2 After 20 years of scrivening in the business world, Wallach has one of the widest acquaintances of any reporter in his field. 1990 Salmagundi 87 61 The ordeal and ardor of scrivening and transcription have been lost. 2001 Sunday Times (Nexis) 18 Nov. Self..divides his life between the hard labour of scrivening..and the free leisure of drugs, food and trips to Venice. Compounds General attributive, as scrivening paper, scrivening time, etc. ΚΠ 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Scrivenin time, time appropriated to writing. 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. vi. i. 141 Had I that same scrivening art at my service, I should write me a book setting forth what I..observed. 1896 S. R. Crockett Grey Man xi. 79 Two sheets of clean scrivening paper. 1943 Washington Post 4 Mar. 9 b/5 In his scrivening days, Samuel Clemens covered America in person as thoroughly as did the pages between the covers of his many books. 2013 Guardian (Nexis) 26 Oct. 6 An idea that the right set of unbreakable [grammar] rules will provide an infallible formula for scrivening success. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). scriveningadj. Brit. /ˈskrɪv(ə)nɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈskrɪv(ə)nɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: scriven v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < scriven v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier scrivening n. That works as a scribe, clerk, or secretary (cf. scrivener n. 1a). Sometimes more generally: that writes; that is a writer (cf. scrivener n. 3). ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > [adjective] > writing as occupation pen and ink1672 clerking1679 quill-driving1707 scrivening1778 1778 D. Garrick in H. Fielding Fathers Prol. sig. Aiii^v Now Slipslop enters..tho' this scrv'ning [sic] vagrant, 'Salted my virtue, which was ever flagrant. 1814 M. Edgeworth Patronage II. xxiii. 328 When he was a scrivening nobody in his garret. 1875 Quiver Jan. 62/1 Caligraphy worthy of the old minute books of the first scrivening secretaries. 1913 Smart Set Feb. 158/1 We have among us a lot of scrivening boys and girls so all-fired clever that they can make novels and stories out of sows' ears. 2003 R. D. MacDonald Persons Unknown in Plays Two 150 A depressingly unmysterious hobbledehoy whom you could wholeheartedly recommend for the job of scrivening clerk to the Magistrate's Court. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1680adj.1778
随便看	comportation comported comported with comporter comporting comporting with comportioner comportment comportment of one's body comportment of oneself comportments comports comports with compos compos mentis composable composal composant compose compose one's countenance compose oneself compose oneself to sleep composed composedly composedness