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escritorial

escritorial adjective: of or pertaining to writing.

Adjective

escritorial (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to writing.
    • Despite his patronage of the escritorial arts, he was not a reader, so he tried storytellers and soon became bored.1987, Ernest Kellogg Gann, The Triumph, page 292
    • The escritorial component is a writing of attenuated comfort, atomistic consciousness echoing one form of holocaust or the other.1992, Joseph McMinn, The Internationalism of Irish Literature and Drama, page 76

Examples of escritorial in a sentence

  • The clichés and the tropisms seem to play the roles of the escritorial Scylla and Charybdis .2004, Karen-Margrethe Simonsen, Marianne Ping Huang, Mads Rosendahl Thomsen, Reinventions of the Novel, page 236:
  • In addition to food and clothing I was carrying another bag full of treats for the locals, and writing materials necessary for my escritorial duties.2009, John Vaughn, Unconfirmed Reports, page 183:
  • Ruling this confined estate as if it were an escritorial fiefdom must be a drag.2013, Raúl Salinas, Louis G. Mendoza, raúlrsalinas and the Jail Machine: My Weapon Is My Pen, page 71:

Questions about escritorial

What does escritorial mean?
Escritorial means of or pertaining to writing.
How do you use escritorial in a sentence?
The clichés and the tropisms seem to play the roles of the escritorial Scylla and Charybdis .
What part of speech is escritorial?
Escritorial is an adjective.

Words near escritorial in the dictionary

  1. escrima
  2. escript
  3. escripts
  4. escritoire
  5. escritoires
  6. escritorial
  7. escroc
  8. escrocs
  9. escrod
  10. escrods
  11. escrol

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