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writings
[
rahy
-ting
]
writ·ing
/
ˈraɪ
tɪŋ
/
Show Spelled
[
rahy
-ting
]
Show IPA
noun
1.
the act of a person or thing that
writes
.
2.
written
form:
to commit one's thoughts to writing.
3.
that
which
is
written
;
characters or matter
written
with a pen or the like:
His writing is illegible.
4.
such characters or matter with respect to style, kind, quality, etc.
5.
an inscription.
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6.
a letter.
7.
any
written
or printed paper, as a document or deed.
8.
literary or musical style, form, quality, technique, etc.:
Her writing is stilted.
9.
a literary composition or production.
10.
the profession of a
writer
:
He turned to writing at an early age.
11.
the Writings,
Hagiographa.
COLLAPSE
Idiom
12.
writing on the wall.
handwriting
(
def. 4
)
.
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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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Origin:
1175–1225;
Middle English;
see
write
,
-ing
1
Related forms
self-writ·ing,
adjective
un·writ·ing,
adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Hag·i·og·ra·pha
/
ˌhæg
iˈɒg
rə
fə
,
ˌheɪ
dʒi-
/
Show Spelled
[
hag-ee-
og
-r
uh
-f
uh
,
hey-jee-
]
Show IPA
noun
(
used with a singular verb
)
the third of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, variously arranged, but usually comprising the Psalms, Proverbs,
job
, Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles.
Also called
the Writings.
Compare
Law of Moses
,
Prophets
.
Origin:
<
Late Latin
<
Greek:
sacred writings, equivalent to
hagio-
hagio-
+
-grapha,
neuter plural of
-graphos
-graph
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
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Writings
(ˈraɪtɪŋz)
—
pl n
the Writings
another term for the
Hagiographa
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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