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单词 scriptory
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scriptoryn.adj.

Brit. /ˈskrɪpt(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈskrɪptəri/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin scriptorium; Latin scrīptōrius.
Etymology: As noun < post-classical Latin scriptorium scriptorium n. (compare -ory suffix1); as adjective < classical Latin scrīptōrius of or connected with writing < scrīpt- , past participial stem of scrībere to write (see scribe n.1) + -ōrius -ory suffix2. With use as adjective compare earlier scriptorian adj.With use as noun compare Anglo-Norman escritorie, Middle French escriptoire, French écritoire room or area set apart for writing (late 12th cent., originally denoting a study cabinet).
Now rare.
A. n.
A room or area set apart for writing; esp. one in a monastery used by scribes copying and illuminating manuscripts; a scriptorium. Now historical.Apparently not recorded between the 15th and late 18th centuries.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > artefacts > monastic property (general) > monastery or convent > parts of monastery > [noun] > writing room
scriptorya1500
scriptorium1695
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > writing room
scriptorya1500
writing chamber1563
writing booth1568
writing house1597
writing-room1670
scriptorium1828
scrivenery1895
a1500 (a1477) Black Bk. (Soc. of Antiquaries) in A. R. Myers Househ. Edward IV (1959) 110 Thies clerkes to haue dyners and soupers to theyre scriptory.
1786 R. Beatniffe Norfolk Tour (ed. 4) 63 The stalls joining to the hall..were the ancient scriptories, or places where the writers sat at elections.
1844 F. A. Paley Church Restorers 14 It was the favourite scriptory of the writer.
1869 W. Dealtry Laborer xviii. 439 Within those religious houses was the scriptory of the patient monk.
1954 R. R. Bolgar Classical Heritage & its Beneficiaries iii. 111 The scribes in the monastic scriptories.
2017 M. Fedorova et al. tr. M. Homza Mulieres Suadentes iv. 103 Another group of scholars refers to..forgeries made at the scriptories at St. George's Monastery.
B. adj.
1. Of or relating to writing; used in writing.
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society > communication > writing > [adjective]
graphical1643
pennish1646
scriptorian1656
scriptorya1682
graphic1778
scriptorial1781
scriptural1827
drawn-out1847
a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) i. 82 Reeds, Vallatory, Sagittary, Scriptory, and others.
1827 T. Carlyle J. P. F. Richter in German Romance III. 21 Let the English reader fancy a Burton writing, not an Anatomy of Melancholy, but a foreign romance, through the scriptory organs of a Jeremy Bentham.
1883 London Society Aug. 148/1 He resided in Winchester-street, conveniently close to his scriptory duties.
1905 Daily Chron. 31 Jan. 4/3 There is a tendency nowadays to unify the scriptory characters of all languages.
2009 Revista Canadiense Estudios Hispanicos 33 289 Even if a clearly defined writer is absent, the film alludes here to indices of a scriptory agency.
2. Expressed in writing; written as opposed to oral. Obsolete.
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society > communication > writing > state of having been written > [adjective]
writtenOE
pricked1463
penned1567
handwritten1583
paper1616
literal1621
inditeda1640
in manuscript1646
scribed1662
scriptory1704
scriptured1763
pen and ink1810
scriptitious1815
paper-and-pencil1927
1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub ii. 67 Of Wills, duo sunt genera, Nuncupatory and Scriptory.
1797 W. Godwin Enquirer ii. v. 223 To derive assistance from every means of information, oral or scriptory.
1833 E. Livingston Syst. Penal Law State Louisiana 290 Scriptory evidence..includes all kinds of written proof.
1861 ‘Caviare’ in Duffy's Hibernian Mag. Apr. 164/2 Ancient idioms which, through frequent quotation, scriptory and oral, have been..metamorphosed.
1907 Forum May 171 A consecutive study of the cases will reveal no difference of measure of damages, depending upon the oral or scriptory nature of the contract.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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