单词 | epistolographist |
释义 | epistolographistn. Chiefly literary. A writer of letters; (also) a person who studies letter-writing. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter-writing > [noun] > letter-writer secretary1587 epistler1592 epistolizer1615 letter writer1615 epistoler1620 epistolographer1687 scribe1712 epistolist1743 epistolarian1807 epistolographist1818 epistolean1819 1818 T. F. Dibdin Let. 16 Aug. in Bibl. Antiquarian & Picturesque Tour in France & Germany (1821) III. xlii. 246 There were, some half century ago, about a dozen more churches;—but they have been since either destroyed or desecrated:—a politer epistolographist would have said ‘converted to civil purposes’. 1822 New Monthly Mag. 6 20/2 Your kinsman and epistolographist, Numenius. 1961 Jrnl. Oriental Inst. (Baroda) Mar. 248 The official correspondence to other kings drafted by the epistolographist, was to be approved of by the ministers. 1999 A. Marcone in G. W. Bowersock et al. Late Antiq. 380/1 Late antique clientage..is well attested, since it is mentioned in the most disparate sources: by historians such as Ammianus Marcellinus and Zosimus, by epistolographists. 2004 E. R. Richards Paul & First-Cent. Let. Writing iii. 57 Berry draws no implications from the fragmentary nature of the contents. He does not seem to be an epistolographist, judging from his misunderstanding of letter addresses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1818 |
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