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scrivening

scrivening

9.9
A handwritten document from long ago written or copied by someone who wrote for others
  • noun
  • /ˈskrɪvənɪŋ/
  • Archaic
translation icon : documento escrito
  • The historian discovered an old scrivening detailing the town's founding.

Examples

  • She marveled at the elegant handwriting in the ancient scrivening.

  • Among the artifacts was a scrivening listing the names of early settlers.

  • The ancient scrivening revealed secrets of the past.

  • Many scrivenings were found in the archives.

  • The historian discovered an old scrivening detailing the town's founding.

  • Among the artifacts was a scrivening listing the names of early settlers.

  • She marveled at the elegant handwriting in the ancient scrivening.

Synonyms

manuscript
vsscrivening
129 6.5

A handwritten book or an author's original text sent to publishers

is written or copied by a professional scribe often from earlier times

How Formal

manuscript
129 6.5
scrivening
  • Archaic
9.9
record
∞ 2.5
note
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

scrivening singular
scrivenings plural

Morphology

scrivening = scriven (semi-transparent) = scriven + ing

Formed regularly from the verb 'scriven' + -ing, but 'scriven' is archaic/rare so the meaning is not immediately obvious to average learners.

Etymology

The word scrivening comes from an old word scribere that means 'to write' and is the same root as scribe and script. So, a scrivening is a written record made by a writer, which is why it means a document from earlier times.