scribacious

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English

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Etymology

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Blend of scribe +‎ loquacious.[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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scribacious (comparative more scribacious, superlative most scribacious)

  1. Prone to excessive writing.
    • a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “[The V. [Supposition] that the Bishops of Rome (According to God’s Institution and by Original Right Derived thence) should have an Universal Supremacy and Jurisdiction over the Christian Church]”, in J[ohn] Tillotson, editor, A Treatise of the Pope’s Supremacy. [], London: [] Miles Flesher, for Brabazon Aylmer, [], published 1680, →OCLC, page 165:
      VVe have ſome Letters of Popes, (though not many; for Popes vvere then not very ſcribacious, or not ſo pragmatical; [])

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References

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  1. ^ Olga Kornienko, Grinin L, Ilyin I, Herrmann P, Korotayev A (2016) “Social and Economic Background of Blending”, in Globalistics and Globalization Studies: Global Transformations and Global Future[1], Volgograd: Uchitel Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 220–225

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