penperson

English

Etymology

From pen +‎ -person.

Noun

penperson (plural penpersons)

1. (rare) A person with writing skills.

   Hyponyms: penman, penwoman

   • 1987 June, Levi Tickus, “Holy Scribbles! Study Your Penpersonship”, in Presbyterian Survey, the Presbyterian Publishing House of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), →ISSN, page 48, column 3:

     Making ministers into penpersons promises to have other favorable long-term effects. The new Church Vocations Unit will need to study the theology of penpersonship. Committees on the Ministry will need to consider copying as a valid call.

   • 2001, Richard Craze, Chill Out: 100 Creative Ways to Relax, Naperville, Ill.: Sourcebooks, Inc., →ISBN, page 135:

     Once you are a superior penperson you become confident in all areas of your life. Those who have scrappy, untidy writing are often scrappy and untidy in their thinking.

   • 2002, Ken Brown, “Frequently Asked Questions”, in Brush Lettering: Copperplate Style, Plaid Enterprises, Inc., →ISBN, page 35:

     If anyone does ask you to do wedding invitations, offer to letter their favorite verse, in Copperplate, embellished with your best decorative painting techniques, on the wall of their dining room. The penperson can’t do that!

Related terms

• penpersonship