单词 | to scrawl it |
释义 | > as lemmasto scrawl it 2. intransitive. To scribble, to write carelessly or awkwardly. Also †to scrawl it.Quot. 1647 at sense 1b may be an indirect passive and may belong here. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > write in specific style [verb (intransitive)] > illegibly or untidily scrabble1537 scribble1573 to scrawl it1611 scribble-scrabble1847 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Griffonner, to write fast, and ill; to scrible, to scrall it. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. i. 7 He orders Dorcas..to be always aiming at scrawling with a pen, lest inky fingers should give suspicions. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Day-dream in Poems (new ed.) II. 156 The butler drank, the steward scrawl'd. 1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz in La Saisiaz: Two Poets of Croisic 75 Splash and scrawl, Completed lay thy piece, swift penman Paul! < as lemmas |
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