† writationn.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: write v., -ation suffix.

Etymology: < write v. + -ation suffix. Compare earlier scriptitation n.

Obsolete.

Writing or a style of writing regarded as disagreeable or objectionable, typically owing to its inflated or bombastic language, verbosity, or excessive use of neologisms.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [noun] > weak writing or discourse

wash1548

insipidness1711

writation1757

milk-and-water1792

wish-wash1842

slush1869

hogwash1870

insipidity1875

slosh1894

1757 Crit. Rev. Nov. 463 These curious remarks conveyed in a style, which a certain facetious noblemen used to distinguish by the name of Writation.

1778 E. Carter Let. 28 Nov. (1817) III. 95 What writing, as somebody used to say, what writation it all is! You and I..have lived to see the mushroom growth of a new language.., filled with phrases, which nobody could have understood when we were young.

1787 J. Bentham Wks. (1843) X. 174 A trumpery book in 4to, called the Interest of Money Considered. Nine-tenths of it is bad writation about the origin of society, and so forth.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	writation
释义	† writationn. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: write v., -ation suffix. Etymology: < write v. + -ation suffix. Compare earlier scriptitation n. Obsolete. Writing or a style of writing regarded as disagreeable or objectionable, typically owing to its inflated or bombastic language, verbosity, or excessive use of neologisms. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [noun] > weak writing or discourse wash1548 insipidness1711 writation1757 milk-and-water1792 wish-wash1842 slush1869 hogwash1870 insipidity1875 slosh1894 1757 Crit. Rev. Nov. 463 These curious remarks conveyed in a style, which a certain facetious noblemen used to distinguish by the name of Writation. 1778 E. Carter Let. 28 Nov. (1817) III. 95 What writing, as somebody used to say, what writation it all is! You and I..have lived to see the mushroom growth of a new language.., filled with phrases, which nobody could have understood when we were young. 1787 J. Bentham Wks. (1843) X. 174 A trumpery book in 4to, called the Interest of Money Considered. Nine-tenths of it is bad writation about the origin of society, and so forth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1757
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