scribbler
落書をする人／拙い執筆者
解説 Definition
落書きをする人または駄文を書く下手な執筆者。軽蔑的に使われることもある。
A scribbler is a person who writes in a quick, careless, or not very skillful way. The word can refer to someone who makes rough notes or drawings, or to a weak writer in a negative sense. It is often informal and slightly critical.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず scribble「走り書き・殴り書き」を土台にすると覚えやすいです。語尾の -er は「その人」なので、scribbler はそのまま「いつも雑に書き散らす人」。writer や author が中立〜肯定的なのに対し、scribbler は『雑に書く人』『駄文を書く人』という見下し気味の響きが出やすい語です。ほめ言葉ではなく、批評で someone called him a scribbler のように使われると能力を低く見ている感じが出る、と場面ごと覚えると定着します。
Start with scribble, which means quick, messy writing. Add -er, the common ending for a person who does something, and scribbler becomes a person who scribbles. It sounds much less respectful than writer or author, so remember it as a critical word.
例文
He was known as a scribbler of graffiti.
彼は落書きをする人として知られていた。
The critic called the author a scribbler.
批評家はその著者を拙い執筆者と呼んだ。
A scribbler left marks all over the wall.
落書きをした者が壁全体に跡を残した。
scribbler の類義語・関連語
scribbler の語源・成り立ち Etymology
scribbler は scribble＋-er で、scribble はラテン語 scribere「書く」にさかのぼります。script や describe と同じ根を持ちながら、-ble により「ちょこちょこ書く」感じが加わるため、「落書きする人・拙い物書き」という軽い響きになります。
Scribbler comes from scribble with the ending -er. Scribble goes back to Latin scribere, meaning "to write," the same root seen in script and describe. In English, scribble came to suggest quick, careless, or rough writing, so scribbler developed a slightly dismissive tone. It points to someone associated with that kind of writing.
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