Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Disposed or inclined to write; given to writing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Inclined to much writing; -- correlative to
talkative .
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- adjective archaic Inclined to much
writing .
Etymologies
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From write, possibly modelled on talkative.
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chained_bear commented on the word writative
"'...you know I am a little talkative... but alas I am not at all writative, at least not in English. English spelling! Corpo di Baccho, English spelling!'"
--Patrick O'Brian, Treason's Harbour, 65
February 15, 2008
reesetee commented on the word writative
Indeed! I intend to use that Italian oath, too: "By the body of Bacchus!" :-)
February 15, 2008
Gammerstang commented on the word writative
(adjective) - A word of Pope's coining, not to be imitated: "Increase of years makes men more talkative but less writative; to that degree I now write no letters but of plain how d'ye's."
--Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, 1755
January 17, 2018