screeving
- noun
- Archaic
- Can you see the screeving by the park entrance?
Examples
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During the festival, many artists showcased their screeving talents.
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She earned extra money by screeving beautiful designs outside the museum entrance.
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The artist spent his afternoons screeving colorful chalk scenes on the city square.
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Many tourists stopped to watch the man screeving portraits on the busy sidewalk.
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The artist spent his afternoons screeving colorful chalk scenes on the city square.
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Many tourists stopped to watch the man screeving portraits on the busy sidewalk.
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She earned extra money by screeving beautiful designs outside the museum entrance.
How Professional
- UK
1
6.8
- Archaic
Surface Forms
Morphology
screeving = screeve (transparent) = screeve + ing
This is a regular -ing derivative of the verb 'screeve', so the meaning follows directly from the base plus the suffix.
Etymology
Screeving grew from words for writing like scribe, and it often meant drawing on the ground to earn money. A helpful way to remember is to imagine an artist 'scribbling' on the pavement and getting coins from people who stop to watch.