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单词 overscrawl
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overscrawlv.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈskrɔːl/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈskrɔl/, /ˌoʊvərˈskrɑl/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, scrawl v.2
Etymology: < over- prefix + scrawl v.2 Compare to scrawl over (see scrawl v.2 1b).
Chiefly poetic. Now rare.
transitive. To scrawl over or on.
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society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > write in specific style [verb (transitive)] > illegibly or untidily > cover with
blota1513
scribble1540
daub1589
bescrawl1641
scrawl1647
bescribble1807
overscrawl1871
1871 R. Browning Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau 28 Why keep each fool's bequeathment, scratch and blurr Which overscrawl and underscore the piece?
1895 A. Dobson Coll. Poems II. 198 Or I try to draw Dora (my blotter Is all overscrawled with her head).
a1910 W. V. Moody Quarry in Poems & Plays (1912) 26 The trappings of the beast were over-scrawled With broideries.

Derivatives

overˈscrawled adj. rare
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society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [adjective] > bad > illegible or untidy > covered with
scribbled1550
scribble-scrabble1703
overscrawled1879
bescrawled1880
hen-scratched1915
1879 G. Meredith Egoist II. xi. 220 A yet more instructive passage than the over-scrawled Seventieth, or French Section.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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