COPYIST

copyist, scribe, scrivener

(noun) someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

copyist (plural copyists)

a person who makes manual copies of works such as manuscripts or paintings.

Source: Wiktionary


Cop"y*ist, n.

Definition: A copier; a transcriber; an imitator; a plagiarist.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

23 May 2025

THOUGHTFULLY

(adverb) showing consideration and thoughtfulness; “he had thoughtfully brought with him some food to share”


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Coffee Trivia

Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.

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