scrivenery

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The practice or work of a scrivener. uncountable
    — And yet we have notable penmen at head-quarters, who are at their vocation night and day, and who injure their temper and manners by incessant scrivenery, the results of which are buried in the pigeon-holes of Whitehall, never to be seen even in the lively pages of a blue-book.
  2. A place where scriveners work; a scriptorium. countable,historical
    — At the bottom of folio 109 there is an entry which reads, The Law at Twickenham for mery tales. This is, apparently, a reference to a scrivenery and staff of skilled penmen maintained at Twickenham by Francis [Bacon] and his brother Anthony Bacon.

词形变化

scriveneries plural scrivenry alternative

词源

From scrivener + -ry.
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