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inscriptive

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[in-skrip-tiv] / ɪnˈskrɪp tɪv /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or of the nature of an inscription.

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Etymology

Origin of inscriptive

1730–40; < Latin inscrīpt ( us ) past participle of inscrībere ( see inscription) + -ive

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Hardly less so are a fleet crossing Mount Athos, an army treading the Hellespont, a sun eclipsed by Persian arrows, a flying Xerxes, an admired Leonidas, an inscriptive Othryades.

From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 by Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)

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