Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

writer's cramp

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English

Syllables: writer's cramp
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A debilitating pain preventing easy movement of the wrist, hand, or fingers, resulting from prolonged use of a pen or pencil.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The recording of their tales is no more than a matter of ears and fingers. There are only two fates I dread—deafness and writer's cramp."
""The following boys will go in to extra lesson this afternoon and next Wednesday," it began. And "the following boys" numbered four hundred. "Bates must have got writer's cramp," said Clowes, as he read the huge scroll."
"Christmas dividend checks and checks covering Christmas presents to his employees were always signed by him. . . . He had writer's cramp by the time he finished."
"Henry James, after he suffered an attack of writer's cramp, began to dictate to a typist."

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

cheirospasm graphospasm mogigraphia

Questions

What does writer's cramp mean?: A debilitating pain preventing easy movement of the wrist, hand, or fingers, resulting from prolonged use of a pen or pencil.

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