plumitif
French edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
plumitif m (plural plumitifs)
- (law) docket
- (derogatory) penpusher, scribbler
- 1992, Amélie Nothomb, translated by Alison Anderson, Hygiène de l'assassin; republished as Hygiene and the Assassin, 2010:
- —Est-ce que, par hasard, vous oseriez me comparer aux plumitifs que vous interrogez d’habitude ?
- “Might you by any chance be comparing me to those scribblers you normally interview?”
Further reading edit
- “plumitif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.