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单词 scribblemania
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scribblemanian.

Brit. /ˌskrɪblˈmeɪnɪə/, /ˌskrɪblˈmeɪnjə/, U.S. /ˌskrɪb(ə)lˈmeɪniə/
Forms:

α. 1700s scribblomania, 1800s scribbleomania.

β. 1800s– scribblemania.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: scribble v.1, -o- connective, -mania comb. form; scribble v.1, -mania comb. form.
Etymology: Partly (in α. forms) < scribble v.1 + -o- connective + -mania comb. form; partly (in β. forms) < scribble v.1 + -mania comb. form.
Intense enthusiasm or mania for writing.Later frequently with reference to the use of the term by the Brontë family (see quot. 1836 at β. ).
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society > communication > writing > [noun] > mania for writing
scripturiency1652
scribblemania1792
graphomania1840
α.
1792 S. T. Coleridge Lett. (1895) I. 35 I never had the scribblo-mania stronger on me, than for these last three or four days.
1815 W. H. Ireland (title) Scribbleomania.
1877 M. Pattison in Fortn. Rev. 1 Nov. 660 Catherinot is a bye-word, the typical case of scribbleomania,—of the insanabile scribendi cacoethes.
β. 1813 C. Hutton Miser Married II. xxxvii. 191 When the scribblemania possesses any of us.1836 C. Brontë Jrnl. Oct. in H. Glen Cambr. Compan. Brontës (2002) ii. 34 I am just going to write because I cannot help it. [Branwell] might indeed talk of scribblemania if he were to see me just now.1901 Punch 24 Apr. 303/2 Don't talk of Influenza—this dreadful scribblemania that comes in April is far worse.2009 D. Coyle Talent Code 217 Our three girls, in a burst of Brontë-like scribblemania, started writing stories and letters for each other.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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