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Aug. 22nd, 2024 07:32 am
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scribble (SKRIB-uhl) - v., to write or draw hastily or carelessly; to fill or cover with meaningless writing or marks.


Plus a noun for the result of scribbling. This is another frequentive with a sound shift, being scribe + frequentive ending -le. Whether this ending was added in Middle English or earlier in Medieval Latin scrībillāre is disputed by dictionaries.

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