adscript

English

Etymology

From Latin adscriptus, past participle of adscribere (“to enroll”). See ascribe.

Noun

adscript (plural adscripts)

1. A feudal serf or labourer who is attached to an estate and sold or transferred with it.
2. (typography) Something written or printed immediately after another character and aligned with it.

Derived terms

• iota adscript

 

See also

• subscript
• superscript

Adjective

adscript (not comparable)

1. Held to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.

Translations

held to service as attached to the soil

• Danish: livegen
• German: leibeigen (de)
• Macedonian: закрепостен (zakreposten)
• Portuguese: adscrito (pt)
• Russian: крепостно́й (ru) (krepostnój)
• Swedish: livegen (sv)

Verb

adscript (third-person singular simple present adscripts, present participle adscripting, simple past and past participle adscripted)

1. (transitive) To hold (a person) to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.

Anagrams

• practis'd