writing
Roget category 590
4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties› 4.10. Means of communicating ideas
›› 4.10.2. Conventional means
#590.
Writing
noun
writing
etc.
v. —
chirography,
stelography†,
cerography† —
penmanship,
craftmanship† —
quill driving —
typewriting.
writing,
manuscript,
MS.
,
literae scriptae [Lat.] —
these presents.
stroke of the pen,
dash of the pen —
coupe de plume —
line —
headline —
pen and ink.
letter
etc.
561 —
uncial writing,
cuneiform character,
arrowhead,
Ogham,
Runes,
hieroglyphic —
contraction —
Brahmi†,
Devanagari,
Nagari —
script.
shorthand —
stenography,
brachygraphy†,
tachygraphy† —
secret writing,
writing in cipher —
cryptography,
stenography —
phonography†,
pasigraphy†,
Polygraphy†,
logography†.
copy —
transcript,
rescript —
rough copy,
fair copy —
handwriting —
signature,
sign manual —
autograph,
monograph,
holograph —
hand,
fist.
calligraphy —
good hand,
running hand,
flowing hand,
cursive hand,
legible hand,
bold hand.
cacography†,
griffonage†,
barbouillage† —
bad hand,
cramped hand,
crabbed hand,
illegible hand —
scribble
etc.
v. —
pattes de mouche [Fr.] —
ill-formed letters —
pothooks and hangers.
stationery —
pen,
quill,
goose quill —
pencil,
style —
paper,
foolscap,
parchment,
vellum,
papyrus,
tablet,
slate,
marble,
pillar,
table —
blackboard —
ink bottle,
ink horn,
ink pot,
ink stand,
ink well —
typewriter.
transcription
etc.
(copy)
21 —
inscription
etc.
(record)
551 —
superscription
etc.
(indication)
550 —
graphology.
composition,
authorship —
cacoethes scribendi [Lat.] —
graphoidea†,
graphomania† —
phrenoia†.
writer,
scribe,
amanuensis,
scrivener,
secretary,
clerk,
penman,
copyist,
transcriber,
quill driver —
stenographer,
typewriter,
typist —
writer for the press
etc.
(author)
593.
verb
write,
pen —
copy,
engross —
write out,
write out fair —
transcribe —
scribble,
scrawl,
scrabble,
scratch —
interline —
stain paper —
write down
etc.
(record)
551 —
sign
etc.
(attest)
467 —
enface†.
compose,
indite,
draw up,
draft,
formulate —
dictate —
inscribe,
throw on paper,
dash off —
manifold.
take up the pen,
take pen in hand —
shed ink,
spill ink,
dip one's pen in ink.
adjective
writing
etc.
v. —
written
etc.
v. —
in writing,
in black and white —
under one's hand.
uncial,
Runic,
cuneiform,
hieroglyphical†.
adverb
currente calamo [Sp.] —
pen in hand.
phrase
audacter et sincere [Lat.] —
le style est l'homme meme [Fr.] —
nature's noblest gift - my gray goose nature's noblest gift - my gray goose quill"
[Byron];
scribendi recte sapere et principium et scribendi recte sapere et principium et fons [Lat.]
[Horace];
that mighty instrument of little men"
[Byron];
the pen became a clarion"
[Longfellow].
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