AUTHOR, AUTHORSHIP
ADJECTIVES
► AUCTORIAL pert. to an author → 1821
► FATHERLESS without a known author; anonymous → 1611 obs.
► ONYMOUS of an author: that gives his name; of a writing: bearing the name of the author; the opposite of ‘anonymous’ → 1775
► SCABROUS of an author, his style or composition: harsh, unmusical, unpolished → 1585
NOUNS
► GOOD LETTERS authorship; book-learning, letters; the profession of literature → 1532 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ARTHUR an author → 1915 Amer. dial.
► AUTHORLING a petty author; an insignificant writer → 1771
► BOOKER a writer of books → 1000 obs.
► BOOKMAN an author or publisher; a literary man → 1618
► BOOK-WRITER an author → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► CACKLE-MERCHANT a dramatic author; the author of a play → 1860 obs. theatrical usage
► FACTOR an author of a literary work → 1563 obs.
► GARRETEER an impecunious author or literary hack → 1653
► HEDGE-WRITER a mean or poor author or writer → 1895 obs. (Bk.)
► HERO OF THE QUILL a distinguished author → 1823 sl.
► INK-SLINGER an author or journalist → 1888 sl.
► INKSPILLER an author or journalist → 1892 sl.
► INK-WASTER an author or journalist → 1894 sl.
► KNIGHT OF THE QUILL an author; a writer; a journalist → 1692 colloq.
► NEOTERIC a modern author or writer → 1598
► ORTHOR an author → 1863 Amer. dial.
► PAPER-STAINER an inferior author or clerk; an author of small repute → 1596 humorous usage
► POLYGRAPH a writer of many or various works; a prolific author; a writer on many subjects → 1799
► POLYGRAPHER a writer of many works; a prolific author → 1791
► POLYGRAPHIST a writer of many works; a prolific author → 1891
► QUILL-DRIVER an author or clerk or author → 1760 chiefly contemptuous usage
► SAYAR an author or narrator; a poetical writer; a poet → 1460 Sc.
► WRITERLING an author of the baser sort → 1881 (Bk.)
► WRITRIX an authoress; a female writer → 1772 obs.
VERBS
► BETRAVAIL to be the author of, to write, to compose a book → 1387 obs.
► GRUB-STAKE to give an author money to keep him going while he writes a book → 1920 publishers’ usage
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