scriptory

English

Etymology

From Latin scriptorius, from scribo (“to write”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɹɪptəɹi/

Adjective

scriptory (not comparable)

1. (dated) Of or pertaining to writing; expressed or used in writing; written.

   scriptory evidence

   scriptory declaration

   scriptory work

   • c. 1683 (date written), Thomas Brown [i.e., Thomas Browne], “(please specify the page)”, in [Thomas Tenison], editor, Certain Miscellany Tracts, London: […] Charles Mearn, […], published 1683, →OCLC:

     And with such differences of reeds, vallatory, sagittary, scriptory, and others, they might be furnished in Judæa.

   • 1704, [Jonathan Swift], “Section 2”, in A Tale of a Tub. […], London: […] John Nutt, […], →OCLC:

     that of wills duo sunt genera, nuncupatory and scriptory;

References

• “scriptory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.