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Definition Please?
Topic Started: Aug 2 2005, 02:14:32 AM (228 Views)
Keeslandia
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OK, what's a Scribent?

I've searched several dictionaries with no success. Can anyone enlighten me?
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Grosseschnauzer
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Sounds like it likely has something to do with writing

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Main Entry: furor scri·ben·di
Pronunciation: -skrE-'ben-(")dE
Usage: foreign term
Etymology: Latin
: rage for writing

This is the closest I could find; and it looks like to me, that your word is a corruption of the Latin.

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:) Before reading the thread, I figured this would be a game where we created definitions. If I had to, that is what I'd think too: person who writes frequently.
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Someone who writes a lot. "scribent" means "writing" in Latin.

Thought it'd look nice. If anyone else has better ideas, feel free. The admins can assign a text according to the # of posts.

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But 'scribent' is not correct Latin! Oh no, it should be 'scribens', that means writing! 'scribent-' is the word stem, but... aighaaa...
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Sorry, where was I? :P
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Keeslandia
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OK, that makes sense. Based on the root bearing a resemblance to "scribe" I had assumed it had something to do with writing, but curiosity got the better of me.
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baranxtu
Aug 2 2005, 04:53 PM
<grammar nazi mode on>
But 'scribent' is not correct Latin! Oh no, it should be 'scribens', that means writing! 'scribent-' is the word stem, but... aighaaa...
<gramma nazi mode off>

I did mean to write "(pig) latin", to make it clear that most of the latin I learned at school is now buried deeper than Pompei and Herculaneum. ;)
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