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单词 writee
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writeen.

Brit. /rʌɪˈtiː/, U.S. /raɪˈti/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: write v., -ee suffix1.
Etymology: < write v. + -ee suffix1.
rare.
A person to or for whom a piece of writing is written, esp. the recipient of a letter; a reader.Typically as an ad hoc formation used in explicit contrast to writer.
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readerOE
overreaderc1443
peruser1549
writee?1611
reading man1684
?1611 G. Chapman in tr. Homer Iliads xiv. Comm. Where a man is vnderstood, there is euer a proportion betwixt the writers wit and the writees.
1821 Protestant 3 Mar. in W. McGavin Protestant Ess. (1835) II. cxxxviii. 217 A letter from a gentleman in England, to his friend in Ireland... I do not know the name of either the writer or the writee.
1912 William & Mary Coll. Q. Hist. Mag. 20 119 Six days after the date of this letter both the writer..and the writee..were killed.
2014 Middlebury Mag. Winter 60/1 I read what others write, but I've always been content to be the writee and not the writer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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