Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a desire or passion for writing; having a liking or itch for authorship.
- noun One who has a passion for writing.
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The Twittering Machine is powered by an insight at once obvious and underexplored: we have, in the world of the social industry, become “scripturient—possessed by a violent desire to write, incessantly.”
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mialuthien commented on the word scripturient
scripturient – obs. having an overwhelming urge to write
July 26, 2008
rexarul commented on the word scripturient
Here is an example sentence: "A simple gift of a fountain-pen, triggered her scripturient passions that manifested in the many handwritten letters and journals, she wrote steadily, since then."
September 7, 2014