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scribbleress

scribbleress noun: a female scribbler.

Noun

scribbleress (plural scribbleresses)

  1. (rare) A female scribbler.
    • 331 Graham (Maria) Journal of a Residence in Chile, plates, calf extra, gilt edges, by C. Lewis 4to. 1824 / The following note is written by Mr. Beckford on fly-leaf: p. 386. “‘The blessed Virgin or some other heavenly Chimera’—happy expression to be sure—highly recommendatory for the future...1824, William Beckford, The Hamilton Palace Libraries: Catalogue of the First [ -fourth and Concluding] Portion of the Beckford Library, Removed from Hamilton Palace : Which Will Be Sold by Auction...
    • I return to my pen to write one other sentence. My father married Mary Lowe a year after my mother’s death. Ah, there John speaks. / “Isola, put down that pen.” / “I won’t.” / “You must.” / “You tyrant!” / “Put it down, you little goose, and come out for a walk. No wife of mine is going to be a...1862, The Sydney Mail, volume II, number 97, Which Wins?: A Tale of Life’s Impulses. By Ariel. Chapter XXX., page 2, column 1

Examples of scribbleress in a sentence

  • No wife of mine is going to be a scribbleress.”1862, The Sydney Mail, volume II, number 97, Which Wins?: A Tale of Life’s Impulses. By Ariel. Chapter XXX., page 2, column 1:
  • “That old tyrant, Grammar, has, by the aid of editors and editresses, critics and criticesses, slain his thousands and tens of thousands of authors and authoresses, scribblers and scribbleresses.”1870, S. R. Wells, editor, The Phrenological Journal and Packard’s Monthly, New York: Wells, Samuel R., A Disputed Point (by Mary Haines...
  • I may be afraid of scribbleresses, but of scribblers I have a mortal dread.”1913, “Chapter XXVII. Women and Literature”, in Winifred Stephens, transl., Madeleine at Her Mirror: A Woman’s Diary, translation of...

Forms of scribbleress

pluralscribbleresses

Origin of scribbleress

From scribbler + -ess.

Questions about scribbleress

What does scribbleress mean?
Scribbleress means a female scribbler.
How do you use scribbleress in a sentence?
No wife of mine is going to be a scribbleress.”
What part of speech is scribbleress?
Scribbleress is a noun.
What is the plural of scribbleress?
The plural of scribbleress is scribbleresses.

Words near scribbleress in the dictionary

  1. scribblemania
  2. scribblement
  3. scribblements
  4. scribbleomania
  5. scribbler
  6. scribbleress
  7. scribbleresses
  8. scribblers
  9. scribblery
  10. scribbles
  11. scribbles down

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