单词 | penster |
释义 | penstern. Now rare. A person who uses a pen, esp. in a trivial way; a petty writer, a literary hack. Usually humorous or mildly derogatory. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] > inferior writer scribblera1556 paper-blurrera1586 by-writer1587 feather-driver1593 squitter-book1594 paper-stainer1596 blur-paper1603 spoil-paper1610 penster1611 inkhorn matea1616 squitter-wit1615 ink-dabbler1616 squitter-pulpa1640 quill-driver1700 scribble-scrabble1707 authorling1752 writerling1802 inkhorn varlet1820 toe-writer1845 pen-driver1854 anonymuncule1859 ink-jerker1865 pen-pusher1875 pseudonymuncle1875 ink-spiller1881 ink-slinger1887 blotter- 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Plumeteur, a Scribe, Clerke, Penne-man, Scriuener, Penster. 1847 G. Lippard Washington & his Generals v. x This libeller..combines, in his own person, more of the dirty in falsehood..the atrocious in perjury—than any penster that ever wrote for British Gold. 1871 G. Meredith Harry Richmond I. xxi. 311 Oh! the poor penster! 1902 Sat. Rev. 22 Feb. 224/1 The enterprising penster who acted for a daily paper. 2002 Chicago Sun-Times (Nexis) 1 July 33 An enraged Caputo leapt for the door, intending to hunt down the poison penster and unleash much fury. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611 |
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