insculpture

English

Noun

insculpture (plural insculptures)

1. (obsolete) An engraving or inscription.
   • c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv]:

     On his gravestone this insculpture.

References

• “insculpture”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Participle

īnsculptūre

1. vocative masculine singular of īnsculptūrus