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

Thus it belonged not to persons only, but also to houses, and became a species of “immovable” property, passing to the purchaser of the house or property, as would the adscript slaves.

From Project Gutenberg

The soul of man has never yet in any land been willingly adscript to the glebe.

From Project Gutenberg