scrivener
/ˈskɹɪvənəɹ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.42 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "Scrivener (enters with a paper in hand):Here is the indictment of the good Lord Hastings, Which in a set hand fairly is engrossed That is may be today read o'er in Paul's. And mark how well the sequel hangs together: Eleven hours I have spent to write it over[…]"
- "The nature of my avocations for the last thirty years has brought me into more than ordinary contact with what would seem an interesting and somewhat singular set of men, of whom as yet nothing that I know of has ever been written:—I mean the law-copyists or scriveners."
- "Below this, sat two scrivener monks at two little desks, on which were scrolls of parchment and ink-horns and goose-quill pens."
- "ハイ そうですね ではご売却のご契約に関する細かいご説明はご帰国の際に司法書士を交えて…ハイ"
Etymology
From Middle English scryvener, alteration of scryveyn, from Anglo-Norman scrivein (“professional penman, copyist”), from Old French escrivain, from Vulgar Latin *scriba, *scribanem, from Latin scriba, from scrībō (“to write”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: scryvener, scrivein, escrivain, *scriba, scriba
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈskɹɪvənəɹ/
- British English: /ˈskɹɪvnə(ɹ)/