Reverse Dictionary: WRITE

ADJECTIVES
​► QUICK of speech or writing: sharp, caustic → 1580 obs.
► ANOPISTHOGRAPH having no writing or printing on the back; inscribed only on one side → 1887
► ANOPISTHOGRAPHIC having no writing or printing on the back; inscribed only on one side → 1871
► CACOGRAPHIC pert. to bad writing or incorrect spelling → 1838
► CACOGRAPHICAL pert. to bad writing or incorrect spelling → 1838
► CALLIGRAPHICAL pert. to calligraphy; also, of a beautiful literary style → 1630 obs.
► CANNED of writing or information: rote, pre-packaged → 1920s US sl.
► OMNISCRIBENT writing on all subjects → 1891
► OMNISCRIPTIVE writing on all subjects → 1821
► PANGRAPHIC writing on all subjects or in all forms → 1821
► POLYGRAPHIC writing much, prolific: said of a person; of a book, etc.: voluminous, copious; comprising several works → 1735
► QUICK of speech, writings, etc.: lively, full of vigour or acute reasoning; smart, sprightly → a1225 obs.
► RACY of speech, writing, etc.: having a characteristic sprightliness, liveliness, or piquancy → a1667
► RUNNING of a person: that writes fluently → 1628 obs.
► SCRANK of writing: thin, sprawling → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► SCRANKY of writing: thin, ill-formed → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► SCRIBACIOUS given to, or fond of, writing → a1677 obs.
► SCRIPTITIOUS committed to writing→ 1802 obs.
► SCRIPTURIENT having a desire for writing or authorship → 1643 obs.
► TACHYGRAPHIC pert. to the art of rapid writing; specifically applied to a cursive or running handwriting as opposed to one having separate and fully-formed letters → a1763
► TACHYGRAPHICAL pert. to the art of rapid writing; specifically applied to a cursive or running handwriting as opposed to one having separate and fully-formed letters → 1764
► TRUCULENT of speech or writing: rude; scathing; savage; harsh → 1850
► WRITATIVE disposed to write; fond of or addicted to writing; marked by inclination to writing → 1736 obs.

ADVERBS
► FAIRLY of writing: neatly, elegantly → 1594 arch.

NOUNS
► BOUSTROPHEDON an ancient method of writing in which the lines run alternately from right to left and from left to right → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► CACOGRAPHY bad writing; bad handwriting → 1656
► CALLIGRAPH a beautiful specimen of writing → 1878
► CALOGRAPHY calligraphy → 1804 obs.
► GRAPHOMANIA an obsession with writing → 1840
► GRAPHOPHOBIA a dislike for writing → 1991 (Bk.)
► GRAPHORRHEA extreme wordiness in writing; writing in excessive amounts, sometimes incoherently → 1991 (Bk.)
► HOOKS AND CROOKS letters; writing → 1804 Amer. sl.
► INEDITA unpublished writings → E20
► LARGENESS lengthiness or prolixity of discourse or writing → 1561 obs.
► LEGEND written character, writing → 1822
► LETTERS writings, written records → c1250 obs.
► LETTRURE a writing, a written book, a story → a1300 obs.
► MACROGRAPHY the use of very large characters in writing, sometimes carried to such an extreme by the insane that a word of three or four letters will run across the entire page → 1899
► MANUSCRIPTION the act of writing by hand; that which is written by hand; a written inscription → 1800
► MOGIGRAPHIA difficult or cramped writing; writer’s cramp → 1856
► NEOGRAPHY a new or novel way of writing → 1801
► OPISTHOGRAPH in Greek and Roman antiquity: a manuscript written on the back as well as the front of the papyrus or parchment; also, a slab inscribed on both sides → 1623
► OPISTHOGRAPHY the practice of writing on both sides of a papyrus, slab, etc.; writing of this kind → 1684
► PALIMPSEST paper, parchment, or other writing material prepared for writing on and wiping out again, like a slate → 1661 obs.
► POLYGRAPHY copious writing or literary work; writing dealing with many subjects → 1654
► PURPLE sexually explicit writing → 1930
► SANCTITUDE of a writer: chastity or decorum of expression → 1855 obs.
► SCART a stroke of a pen; a scrap of writing → 1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCRANKS of writing: badly-formed letters → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► SCRAPE OF THE PEN, A a few lines, a letter, writing → 1844 Eng. dial.
► SCRAT OF A PEN, A a scrap of writing; a letter → 1881 Eng. dial.
► SCRIBBLE-SCRABBLE a scribble; hasty or careless writing → 1838
► SCRIBE a mark made with the pen; a scrap of writing; a letter → 1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCRIBE OF THE PEN a mark made with the pen; a scrap of writing; a letter → 1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCRIBOMANIA a mania for writing → 1991 (Bk.)
► SCRIPTION 1. a writing; a document; an inscription → 1425 obs.
2. the act of writing → 1627
► SCRIPTITATION continual writing → 1653 obs.
► SCRIVE a piece of writing; a letter; a statement or story written; handwriting; a short sermon → 1894 Sc.
► SCRIVENING-TIME time set apart for writing → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► STRONG LINES obscure or bombastic writing → 1627 obs.
► SULPHUR pungent talk, writing, or language → 1897 colloq.
► TACHYGRAPHY the art or practice of quick writing; applied to shorthand, and to cursive as distinguished from angular letters → 1641
► TITLE a document; a writing, a letter → c1330 obs.
► TUSHERY  sentimental or romanticizing writing → 1883
► TWADDLE  senseless, silly, or trifling talk or writing; prosy nonsense → 1782
► WAG OF THE PEN, A the least scrap of writing; a brief letter → 1888 Sc.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ABSURDIST a writer, performer, etc., whose work presents an audience or readership with absurdities, typically in portraying the futility of human struggle in a senseless and inexplicable world; esp. a writer or proponent of absurdist drama → 1929
► ANONYMUNCULE n. an anonymous writer of no account → 1859 derogatory
► AUTHORLING a petty author; an insignificant writer → 1771
► BEE a sweet writer → 1753
► BIBLIOGRAPHER a writer of books; a copyist → M17 obs.
► BLACKSMITH a below-par reporter or writer, i.e. one who pounds out copy or news stories → 1882 Amer. journalists’ sl. 
► BOO a ghostwriter → 1970s sl.
► BOOKER a writer of books → 1000 obs.
► BULLY-SCRIBBLER a writer who bullies → a1715 obs.
► CACOGRAPHER a bad writer or speller → 1880
► CALLIGRAPH one who writes beautifully; a professional transcriber of manuscripts → 1853 arch.
► CALLIGRAPHER one who writes beautifully → 1815
► CALLIGRAPHIST one who writes beautifully → 1816
► DACTYLIST a writer or poet of dactylic verse → 1785 obs.
► FABULAR a narrator or recorder of tales or fictions; a writer of fiction → 1565 obs.
► FABULIST one who relates fables or legends; a writer or teller of apologues or parables → 1593
► FALSE WRITER one who writes incorrectly → a1300 obs.
► FANTAST a fantastic writer; one who aims at eccentricity of style → 1873
► FEATHER-DRIVER a quill-driver; a hack writer; a clerk → 1713 obs.
► GHOST WRITER one who writes something for pay which is then attributed to another; politicians generally use ghostwriters to compose their speeches → 1927 orig. US
► HACK a person whose services may be hired for any kind of work required of him; a common drudge; a literary drudge who hires himself out to do any and every kind of literary work; hence, a poor writer, a mere scribbler → a1700
► HACKNEY a person whose services may be hired for any kind of work required of him; a menial servant; a common drudge; especially, a literary drudge who hires himself out to do any and every kind of literary work; hence, a poor writer, a mere scribbler → 1546 obs.
► HACKNEY SCRIBBLERS poor hirelings; mercenary writers → 1690 (Bk.)
► HERO OF THE QUILL a distinguished writer → 1913 Western Can. sl. (Bk.)
► ICONOMICAR a writer on husbandry → 1523 obs.
► INK-SLINGER an author, a reviewer, a writer → 1888 sl. 
► KNIGHT OF THE QUILL an author, a writer, a journalist → L17 colloq.
► MURDER MAN a writer of murder stories → 1890
► MURDERMONGER a writer of murder stories → 1785
► MURDERMONGERESS a female writer of murder stories → 1957
► MUSICOGRAPHER a writer on musical subjects → 1884
► NEOTERIC a modern; a modern writer or author → 1598
► ORATOR an eloquent writer → 1587 obs.
► PAPER-BLURRER a term of contempt for an inferior writer → 1581 
► PEN-PUSHER someone engaged in writing or desk work; an office worker → 1911 sl., usually derogatory
► POLITICAL a politician; a political writer → 1833
► 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
► SCRIPTURIENT one who has a passion for writing → 1659
► SKRIEVER an inferior writer; a mean scribe → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► SWEET SINGER a popular writer or singer → 1936
► WORDSTER a writer, usually a newspaper columnist → 1975 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► WRITERLING a petty writer or journalist; an author of the baser sort → 1881  (Bk.)
► WRITRIX a female writer, an authoress → 1772 obs.
► YELLOW a ‘yellow’ writer, or a writer of newspaper articles of a reckless or unscrupulous sensational character → 1898

PHRASES
► WRITTEN WITH A THUMBNAIL DIPPED IN TAR rough, crude, or untidy penmanship → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)

VERBS
► ADITE to put down in written words → 1330 obs.
► AWRITE to write → 885 obs.
► BELETTER to serve with letters, to write to → 1655 obs.
► BETRAVAIL to work at; to compose a book, to be the author of, to write → 1387 obs.
► BLOT THE SCRIP to put into writing → M17 sl.
► BLUSTER to disfigure in writing → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► CALLIGRAPH to write beautifully or ornamentally → 1884
► FAKE A SCREEVE to write any letter or other paper → 1812 thieves’ sl.
► LAB to dash down hurriedly in writing → 1858 Sc.
► LETTERIZE to write letters → 1824
► LUXURIATE of a writer: to write at exuberant length; to exceed one’s limits → 1621 obs.
► MANUSCRIBE to write with one’s own hand → 1649 obs.
► PALIMPSEST to write anew on parchment, etc., after erasure of the original writing → 1900
► PERSCRIBE to write out, to write at length or in full → 1538 obs.
► QUILL to use a quill or writing pen; to write → 1890 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCART to write, esp. to write indistinctly; to make any kind of mark on paper; to draw; to sculpture → 1814 Sc.
► SCRANK to make ill-formed, sprawling letters; to write in a scrawling hand → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► SCRAT to scratch with a pen; to write → 1821 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCRATTLE to scratch with a pen; to write → 1873 Eng. dial.
► SCREED DOWN to write down at great length → 1835 Sc.
► SCREEVE ► SCRIEVE 1. to write → 1813 Sc. 
2. to talk, read, or write fast and continuously; to reel off a story → 1874 Sc.
► SCRIBBLE-SCRALL to scribble, to write badly → 1901 Eng. dial.
► SCRIBE to write; to mark, to inscribe → 1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCRIGGLE to write badly; to scrawl → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCRIVE to write → 1813 Sc. 
► SKELP to write or perform in a lively manner 
► SLING INK 1. to make a business of writing → 1896 colloq. (Bk.)
2. to write profusely and carelessly → 1926 US sl. (Bk.)
► STRIVE to write with care → 1904 Christ’s Hospital usage (Bk.)
► TOKEN UP to put up in writing, to write out → 1535 obs.
► TWADDLE to talk or write in a silly, empty, or trashy style → 1825 
► UGLYOGRAPHIZE to spell uncouthly; to write in an uncouth manner → 1834