| 单词 | bookwright |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbookwright bookwright n. a maker or author of books. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] bookerOE writerOE makerc1350 authora1382 inditera1387 pena1398 poetc1400 bookmakera1425 ditera1425 compilera1500 compositor?1533 book writer1565 penner1568 authorizera1579 bookwright1583 scribe1584 epistler1592 penman1592 scriptora1600 composer1603 book-breeder1605 comprisor?1623 volumist1641 scrivenera1660 literatist1660 knight of the quill1692 belletrist1816 scriever1825 creative writer1854 penworker1876 1583 W. Rainolds Refut. Sundry Reprehensions Pref. 81 Miserabilis librifex, A miserable bookewright, as Luther malapertly nameth king Henry, a learned prince and of famous memory. 1649 R. Gell Stella Nova Ep. Ded. sig. A2 The world is overcharged with an insupportable number of books; and Bookwrights daily add unto the burden. 1799 W. Hales Irish Pursuits of Lit. 139 Here, I will transcribe, for the benefit of such of my readers, as cannot purchase the Hot press'd Edition of that Bookwright Heyne,—that disgrace of the English press. 1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 139 Not an unskilful compilation..made by Richard Johnson, a noted bookwright in the reign of Elizabeth. 1879 Scribner's Monthly Dec. 268/2 More than one, who has succeeded easily as a bookwright or essayist, has found his equipment and his power of composition inadequate to the off-hand production of compact, polished, well-informed leaders. 1999 Winnipeg Free Press 29 Mar. d4/4 The people of the book are fighting again. It's the National Library of Canada versus the bookwrights—makers of limited-edition, handmade books. < as lemmas |
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