Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

multo-scribbling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.09 in modern English

Syllables: mul-to-scrib-bling
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That writes a great deal.

Derogatory; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Thus spoke the Demon (late call'd "multifaced" / By multo-scribbling Southey)."
"Joseph Wolff (1795-1862): One of his letters. — Anything that relates to this eccentric and "multo-scribbling" man is interesting. I have a letter addressed by him to Mr. Hackman from Isle Brewers, Somerset, June 25, 1857 ...""
"Indeed, few more wholesome exercises could be desired for the multo-scribbling novelist of to-day than the study of the Characters of Overbury and Earle, who use the labour of the file on every line and make every sentence an apothegm."

Etymology

From Latin multus (“much”) + English -o- + scribbling. The earliest recorded usage appears in the writings of poet Lord Byron in the 1820s.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Prefix: -o-
Root: multus
Suffix: scribbling

Usage

Questions

What does multo-scribbling mean?: That writes a great deal.
Where does multo-scribbling come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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