English Explanatory Dictionary

adscript

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A feudal serf or labourer who is attached to an estate and sold or transferred with it.
  2. Something written or printed immediately after another character and aligned with it.
adj
  1. Held to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.
verb
  1. To hold (a person) to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.

Word forms

adscript adscripts adscripting adscripted

Etymology

From Latin adscriptus, past participle of adscribere (“to enroll”). See ascribe.

Related words

subscript superscript

Derived words

iota adscript
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