Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having a desire or passion for writing; having a liking or itch for authorship.
  • noun One who has a passion for writing.

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Examples

  • The Twittering Machine is powered by an insight at once obvious and underexplored: we have, in the world of the social industry, become “scripturient—possessed by a violent desire to write, incessantly.”

    Going Postal Max Read 2020

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  • scripturientobs. having an overwhelming urge to write

    July 26, 2008

  • Here is an example sentence: "A simple gift of a fountain-pen, triggered her scripturient passions that manifested in the many handwritten letters and journals, she wrote steadily, since then."

    September 7, 2014