scriptory
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin scriptorius, from scribo (“to write”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
scriptory (not comparable)
- (dated) Of or pertaining to writing; expressed or used in writing; written.
- scriptory evidence
- scriptory declaration
- scriptory work
- c. 1683, Thomas Browne, Certain Miscellany Tracts:
- 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;
References edit
- “scriptory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.