prescriptorialadj.

Brit.

/ˌpriːskrɪpˈtɔːrɪəl/, U.S.

/ˌpriskrɪpˈtɔriəl/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, scriptorial adj.

Etymology: < pre- prefix + scriptorial adj. Compare earlier prescript adj.²

Now rare.

Existing before the use of writing.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > system of writing > [adjective] > primitive > existing before use of writing

prescriptorial1896

1896 Science Apr. 502/2 The basis of prescriptorial society ever smacked of nepotism and made for egoism rather than altruism.

1897 J. W. Powell in 16th Ann. Rep. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. 1894–5 p. xcvi The names are associative or symbolic in the vague fashion characteristic of prescriptorial ideation.

1903 Amer. Anthropologist 5 344 The three prescriptorial number-systems..define the course of intellectual development of lower men.

1911 J. R. Walker Let. 28 May in R. J. DeMallie & E. A. Jahner Lakota Belief & Ritual (1991) 30 I have been compelled to learn something of their language as it was spoken in what may be called the prescriptorial period.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prescriptorial
释义	prescriptorialadj. Brit. /ˌpriːskrɪpˈtɔːrɪəl/, U.S. /ˌpriskrɪpˈtɔriəl/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, scriptorial adj. Etymology: < pre- prefix + scriptorial adj. Compare earlier prescript adj.² Now rare. Existing before the use of writing. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > system of writing > [adjective] > primitive > existing before use of writing prescriptorial1896 1896 Science Apr. 502/2 The basis of prescriptorial society ever smacked of nepotism and made for egoism rather than altruism. 1897 J. W. Powell in 16th Ann. Rep. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. 1894–5 p. xcvi The names are associative or symbolic in the vague fashion characteristic of prescriptorial ideation. 1903 Amer. Anthropologist 5 344 The three prescriptorial number-systems..define the course of intellectual development of lower men. 1911 J. R. Walker Let. 28 May in R. J. DeMallie & E. A. Jahner Lakota Belief & Ritual (1991) 30 I have been compelled to learn something of their language as it was spoken in what may be called the prescriptorial period. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1896
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