adscript

[ ad-skript ]

adjective

1. written after ( subscript ).

noun

1. an adscript character. Compare inferior ( def 11 ), superior ( def 12 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of adscript¹

1715–25; < Latin a ( d ) scrīptus (past participle of ascrībere to ascribe ), equivalent to ad- ad- + scrīptus written; script

Example Sentences

Adscript, ad′skript, adj. written after: attached to the soil, of feudal serfs—in this sense also used as a noun.

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