#590. Writing. -- N. writing
chirography
penmanship
quill driving;
typewriting
writing
manuscript
MS
literae scriptae[Lat]
these presents
stroke of the pen
dash of the pen
coupe de plume
line
headline;
pen and ink
letter
uncial writing
cuneiform character
arrowhead
Ogham
Runes
hieroglyphic
contraction
Devanagari
Nagari
script
shorthand
stenography
secret
writing
writing in cipher
cryptography
stenography
copy
transcript
rescript
rough copy
fair copy
handwriting;
signature
sign manual
autograph
monograph
holograph
hand
fist
calligraphy
good hand
running hand
flowing hand
cursive hand
legible hand
bold hand
bad hand
cramped hand
crabbed hand
illegible hand
scribble
pattes de
ill-formed letters
pothooks and hangers
stationery
pen
quill
goose quill
pencil
style
paper
foolscap
parchment
vellum
papyrus
tablet
slate
marble
pillar
table;
blackboard
ink bottle
ink horn
ink pot
ink stand
ink well
typewriter
transcription
inscription
superscription
graphology
composition
authorship
cacoethes scribendi[Lat]
writer
scribe
amanuensis
scrivener
secretary
clerk
penman
copyist
transcriber
quill driver
stenographer
typewriter
typist;
writer for the press
V. write
pen
copy
engross
write out
write out fair
transcribe;
scribble
scrawl
scrabble
scratch
interline
stain paper
write down
(record) 5
sign
compose
indite
draw up
draft
formulate
dictate
inscribe
throw
on paper
dash off
manifold
take up the pen
take pen in hand
shed ink
spill ink
dip one's pen in
ink
Adj. writing
written
in writing
in black and white;
under one's hand
uncial
Runic
cuneiform
Adv. currente calamo[Sp]
pen in hand
Phr. audacter et sincere[Lat]
"nature's noblest gift - my gray goose quill" [Byron]
scribendi recte
sapere et principium et fons [Lat][Horace]
"that mighty instrument of
little men" [Byron]
"the pen became a clarion" [Longfellow]
#591. Printing. -- N. printing
block printing
type- printing
plate
printing
the press
composition
letterpress
text
context
note
page
column
typography
stereotype
electrotype
type
black
letter
font
fount
pi
pie
capitals
bourgeois
pica
boldface
capitals
caps
catchword
composing-frame
composing room
composing rule
composing stand
composing stick
italics
justification
linotype
live matter
logotype
lower case
upper case
make-up
matrix
matter
point system: 4-1/
5-1/
8 point
etc.;
press room
press work
roman
running head
running title;
scale
serif
shank
sheet work
shoulder
signature
slug
underlay
folio
copy
impression
pull
proof
revise
author's
proof
galley proof
press proof
press revise
printer
compositor
reader
printer's devil copyholder
V. print
compose
put to press
go to press
pass through the press
see through the press
publish
bring out
appear in print
rush
into print
distribute
makeup
mortise
offset
overrun
rout
Adj. printed
in type
typographical
solid in galleys
#592. Correspondence. -- N. correspondence
letter
epistle
note
billet
post card
missive
circular
favor
billet-doux
chit
letter card
picture post card
postal [U.S.]
card;
despatch
dispatch
bulletin
these presents
rescript
post
V. correspond with
write to
send a letter to
keep up a
correspondence
Adj. epistolary
Phr. furor scribendi[Lat]
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#593. Book. -- N. booklet
writing
work
volume
tome
tract
brochure
libretto
handbook
codex
manual
pamphlet
circular
publication
chap book
part
issue
album
portfolio
periodical
serial
magazine
ephemeris
annual
journal
paper
bill
sheet
leaf
leaflet
fly leaf
page;
quire
ream
[subdivisions of a book] chapter
section
head
article
paragraph
passage
clause
endpapers
frontispiece
cover
binding
folio
quarto
octavo
encyclopedia
[collection of books] library
press
[complete description] definitive work
treatise
comprehensive
treatise (dissertation) 595
[person who writes a book] writer
author
essayist
journalism
pen
scribbler
the scribbling race
literary hack
Grub-street
writer
writer for the press
gentleman of the press
representative of the
press
ghost
hack writer
ink
slinger
publicist
reporter
penny a liner
editor
playwright
poet
bookseller
publisher
librarian
bookstore
bookshop
bookseller's shop
knowledge of books
bibliography
book learning
Phr. "among the giant fossils of my past" [E. B. Browning]
craignez
"for authors nobler palms remain" [Pope];
"I lived to write and wrote to live" [Rogers]
"look in thy heart and
write" [Sidney]
"there is no Past so long as Books shall live" [Bulwer
Lytton]
"the public mind is the creation of the Master-Writers"
[Disraeli]
"volumes that I prize above my dukedom" [Tempest]
#594. Description. -- N. description
account
statement
report;
expose
particulars
state of facts
summary of facts
brief
return
catalogue raisonne
guidebook
delineation
sketch
monograph
minute
account
detailed particular account
circumstantial account
graphic
account
narration
recital
rehearsal
relation
historic Muse
Clio;
history
biography
autobiography
necrology
obituary
narrative
history
memoir
memorials
annals
saga
tradition
legend
story
tale
personal
narrative
journal
life
adventures
fortunes
experiences
confessions;
anecdote
trait
work of fiction
novel
romance
Minerva press
fairy tale
nursery
tale
fable
parable
dime novel
penny dreadful
shilling
shocker
relator
raconteur
historian
biographer
novelist
V. describe
set forth
draw a picture
picture;
portray
characterize
particularize
narrate
relate
recite
recount
sum up
run over
recapitulate
rehearse
fight one's
battles over again
unfold a tale
tell
give an account of
render an
account of
report
make a report
draw up a statement
detail
enter into particulars
enter into details
descend to
particulars
descend to details
itemize
Adj. descriptive
graphic
narrative
epic
suggestive
well-drawn;
historic
traditional
traditionary
legendary
storied;
described
Phr. furor scribendi[Lat]
#595. Dissertation. -- N. dissertation
treatise
essay
thesis
theme
monograph
tract
discourse
memoir
disquisition
lecture
sermon
homily
excursus
commentary
review
critique
criticism
article
leader
leading
article
editorial
running commentary
investigation
study
discussion
exposition
commentator
critic
essayist
pamphleteer
V. expound upon a subject
descant upon
a subject
write upon a subject
touch upon a subject
treat a subject
treat a subject thoroughly
treat of a subject
take up a subject
ventilate a subject
discuss a subject
deal with a subject
go into a
subject
go into a subject at length
canvass a subject
handle a subject
do justice to a subject
hold forth[oral dissertation]
discourse
delve into
Adj. discursive
expository
#596. Compendium. -- N. compend
compendium
abstract
precis
epitome
multum in parvo[Lat]
analysis
digest
sum and
substance
brief
abridgment
summary
apercu
draft
minute
note;
excerpt
synopsis
textbook
conspectus
outlines
syllabus
contents
heads
prospectus
album
scrap book
note book
memorandum book
commonplace book;
extracts
cuttings
fugitive pieces
fugitive writing;
flowers
anthology
compilation
recapitulation
resume
review
abbreviation
contraction
shortening
compression
V. abridge
abstract
epitomize
summarize
make an abstract
prepare
an abstract
draw an abstract
compile an abstract
recapitulate
review
skim
run over
sum up
abbreviate
condense
compile
(collect) 72
Adj. compendious
synoptic
abridged
v
Adv. in short
in epitome
in substance
in few words
Phr. it lies in a nutshell
#597. Poetry. -- N. poetry
poetics
poesy
Muse
Calliope
tuneful
Nine
Parnassus
Pierides
Pierian spring
versification
rhyming
making verses
prosody
poem
epic
epic poem
epopoea
ode
idyl
lyric
eclogue
pastoral
bucolic
dithyramb
sonnet
roundelay
rondo
madrigal
*monody
elegy
amoebaeum
palinode
dramatic poetry
lyric poetry
opera
posy
anthology
disjecta membra
poetae
song[Lat]
ballad
lay
love song
drinking song
war song
sea song;
lullaby
music
nursery rhymes
[Bad poetry] doggerel
prose run mad;
leonine verse
runes
canto
stanza
distich
verse
line
couplet
triplet
quatrain;
strophe
verse
rhyme
assonance
meter
measure
foot
numbers
strain
rhythm
accentuation
dactyl
spondee
trochee
anapest
hexameter
pentameter
Alexandrine
blank verse
ictus
elegiacs
elegiac verse
elegaic meter
elegaic poetry
poet
poet laureate
laureate
bard
scald
troubadour
minstrel
minnesinger
meistersinger[Ger];
versifier
sonneteer
rhymer
rhymester
ballad monger
poetaster
genus irritabile vatum
[Latin]
V. poetize
sing
versify
make verses
rhyme
scan
Adj. poetic
poetical
lyric
lyrical
tuneful
epic
dithyrambic
n
metrical
elegiac
iambic
trochaic
amoebaeic
Melibean
Ionic
Sapphic
Pindaric
Phr. "a poem round and perfect as a star" [Alex. Smith]
Dichtung und
Wahrheit [Ger]
furor poeticus[Lat]
"his virtues formed the magic of his
song" [Hayley]
"I do but sing because I must" [Tennyson]
"I learnt life
from the poets" [de Stael]
licentia vatum[Lat]
mutum est pictura
poema[Lat]
"O for a muse of fire!" [Henry V]
"sweet food of sweetly
uttered knowledge" [Sidney]
"the true poem is the poet's mind" [Emerson];
Volk der Dichter und Denker[Ger]
"wisdom married to immortal verse"
[Wordsworth]
#598. Prose. -- N. prose
V. prose
write prose
write in prose
prosaic
unpoetic
unrhymed
in prose
not in verse
#599. The Drama. -- N. the drama
the stage
the theater
the play;
film the film
movies
motion pictures
cinema
cinematography;
theatricals
dramaturgy
histrionic art
buskin
sock
Melpomene and Thalia
Thespis
play
drama
stage play
five-act play
tragedy
comedy
opera
vaudeville
interlude
farce
divertissement
extravaganza
pantomime
burlesque
ballet
spectacle
masque
melodrama
sensation drama
tragicomedy
farcical-comedy
charade
proverbs
mystery
miracle play
musical
musical comedy
[movies] western
horse opera
flick [coll.]
spy film
love story
adventure film
documentary
nature film
pornographic film
smoker
skin
flick
X-rated film
act
scene
tableau
induction
introduction
prologue
epilogue;
libretto
performance
representation
jeu
acting
gesture
impersonation
stage
business
gag
buffoonery
light comedy
genteel comedy
low comedy
theater
playhouse
opera house
house
music hall
amphitheater
circus
hippodrome
theater in the round
puppet show
marionettes
Punch and Judy
auditory
auditorium
front of the house
stalls
boxes
pit
gallery
parquet
greenroom
flat
drop
drop scene
wing
screen
side scene
transformation
scene
curtain
act drop
proscenium
stage
scene
scenery
the boards
trap
mezzanine floor
flies;
floats
footlights
offstage
orchestra
theatrical costume
theatrical properties
movie studio
back lot
on location
part
role
character
dramatis personae[Lat]
repertoire
actor
thespian
player
method actor
stage player
strolling player;
stager
performer
mime
artists
comedian
tragedian;
tragedienne
Roscius
star
movie star
star of stage and screen
superstar
idol
sex symbol
supporting actor
supporting cast
ham
clown harlequin
buffoon
farceur
grimacer
pantaloon
columbine
extra
bit-player
walk-on role
cameo
appearance
mute
general utility
super
supernumerary
company
first tragedian
prima donna[Sp]
protagonist
jeune
debutant
light comedian
genteel
comedian
low comedian
walking gentleman
heavy father
mummer
gysart |
masque
mountebank
Jack Pudding
tumbler
posture master
acrobat;
contortionist
ballet dancer
ballet girl
chorus singer
coryphee
property man
costumier
machinist
prompter
call boy
manager;
director
stage manager
acting manager
producer
entrepreneur
impresario
backer
investor
angel[fig]
dramatic author
dramatic writer
play writer
playwright
dramatist
V. act
play
perform
put on the stage
personate
mimic
(imitate)
enact
play a part
act a part
go through a part
perform a
part
rehearse
spout
gag
rant
"strut and fret one's hour upon a stage";
tread the boards
tread the stage
come out
star it
Adj. dramatic
theatric
theatrical
scenic
histrionic
comic
tragic
farcical
tragicomic
melodramatic
operatic;
stagy
Adv. on the stage
on the boards
on film
before the floats
before
an audience
behind the scenes
Phr. fere totus mundus exercet histrionem [Lat][Petronius Arbiter];
"suit the action to the word
the word to the action" [Hamlet]
"the play's
the thing" [Hamlet]
"to wake the soul by tender strokes of art" [Pope]