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scribillo

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Particularly: “Classical, mediaeval, or earlier New Latin authors”

Etymology

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Possibly a back-formation from cōnscrībillō, or else from scrībō (I write) +‎ -illō (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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scrībillō (present infinitive scrībillāre, perfect active scrībillāvī, supine scrībillātum); first conjugation

  1. (New Latin) to scribble or write of trivial matters
    • 1876, Léon Cahun, The Adventures of Captain Mago: Or a Phoenician Expedition, B. C. 1000 Ch. 1, para. 40, (morphology note: scribillatores is a transparent substantive form of scribillo):
      He has lived among women and scribblers until he had no more pluck in him than a garden-tortoise.
      • 1914 translation by Arcadius Avellanus
        Hic enim vitam medio inter scribillatores mulierculasque degere sciens est usque adeo, ut animo virili haud plus testudine hortensi polleat.
    • 2012, Nemo Nusquam, Verba et Facta[1] De donis in Christi Nativitatem emendis:
      ...ut tempus tererem quo deberem potius aliquid academicum scribillare.
      ...to waste time which I should rather spend scribbling some journal article.

Conjugation

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References

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  • scribillo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016