Word Of The Day 3-30-2017

scripturient

adjective

Popularity: Bottom 30% of words

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Definition

having a strong urge to write

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Example

“A simple gift of a fountain-pen, triggered her scripturient passions that manifested in the next book in the series.”

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Origin

Late Latin scripturient-, scripturiens, present participle of scripturire to desire to write, desiderative of Latin scribere

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