释义 |
writative, a.|ˈraɪtətɪv| [f. as prec. + -ative.] 1. Disposed to write; given or addicted to writing. Now rare.
1736Pope Let. to Swift 17 Aug., Increase of years makes men more talkative but less writative. 1755Chesterfield Let. 19 Dec., Deaf people are commonly as frivolously writative. 1920Sat. Rev. 17 Jan. 55 Our ‘writative’ contemporaries. 2. Marked by inclination or addiction to writing.
1746Burke in Leadbeater Papers (1862) II. 72, I always distinguish between a man's talkative and writative character. 1768Woman of Honor III. 102, I was in a fine writative vein. |