scriptory, a. and n. rare.
(ˈskrɪptərɪ)
[ad. L. scriptōri-us, f. script-, scrībĕre to write: see -ory.]
A. adj.
1. Pertaining to or used in writing.
| a 1682 Sir T. Browne Misc. Tracts i. (1683) 82 Reeds, Vallatory, Sagittary, Scriptory, and others. 1827 Carlyle Germ. Rom. III. 21 Let the English reader fancy a Burton writing, not an Anatomy of Melancholy, but a foreign romance, through the scriptory organs of a Jeremy Bentham. 1905 Daily Chron. 31 Jan. 4/3 There is a tendency nowadays to unify the scriptory characters of all languages. |
2. Expressed in writing, written.
| 1704 Swift Tale of Tub ii. 67 Of Wills, duo sunt genera, Nuncupatory and Scriptory. 1805 E. de Acton Nuns of Desert II. 133 Selwyn..was assured that Aurora had no intercourse, either verbally or scriptory, with any one. |
B. n. A writing-room, scriptorium.
| a 1483 Liber Niger in Househ. Ord. (1790) 35 These clerks to have dynners & soupers to theyre scriptory. 1844 Paley Church Restorers 14 It was the favourite scriptory of the writer. |