scriptory

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English

Etymology

From Latin scriptorius, from scribo (“to write”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

scriptory (not comparable)

  1. (dated) Of or pertaining to writing; expressed or used in writing; written.
    scriptory evidence
    scriptory declaration
    scriptory work
    • c. 1683 (date written), Thomas Brown [i.e., Thomas Browne], “(please specify the page)”, in [Thomas Tenison], editor, Certain Miscellany Tracts, London: Charles Mearn, , published 1683, →OCLC:
      And with such differences of reeds, vallatory, sagittary, scriptory, and others, they might be furnished in Judæa.
    • 1704, [Jonathan Swift], “Section 2”, in A Tale of a Tub. , London: John Nutt, , →OCLC:
      that of wills duo sunt genera, nuncupatory and scriptory;

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