Much-scribbling
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Writing or drawing hastily and carelessly; producing written material of poor quality or little substance. derogatory, not-comparable, rare
"Shakspere's friends understood the allusion contained in the first act, after the apparition of the Ghost, when Hamlet calls for his 'tablets.' They knew that the much-scribbling Montaigne was meant, who, as he avows, had so bad a memory that he could not receive any commission without writing it down in his 'tablets' (tablettes)."
Example
More examples"Shakspere's friends understood the allusion contained in the first act, after the apparition of the Ghost, when Hamlet calls for his 'tablets.' They knew that the much-scribbling Montaigne was meant, who, as he avows, had so bad a memory that he could not receive any commission without writing it down in his 'tablets' (tablettes)."
Etymology
From much + scribbling
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