"writative" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more writative [comparative], most writative [superlative]
Etymology: From write, possibly modelled on talkative. Head templates: {{en-adj}} writative (comparative more writative, superlative most writative)
  1. (archaic, rare) Inclined to much writing. Tags: archaic, rare
    Sense id: en-writative-en-adj-~uT72hHY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1736, August 17, Alexander Pope, letter LXXXII to Jonathan Swift, pages 247–248",
          "text": "I Find, tho’ I have leſs experience than you, the truth of what you told me ſome time ago, that increaſe of years makes men more talkative but leſs writative: to that degree, that I now write no letters but of plain buſineſs, or plain how-d’ye’s, to thoſe few I am forced to correſpond with, either out of neceſſity, or love: And I grow Laconic even beyond Laconiciſme; for ſometimes I return only Yes, or No, to queſtionary or petitionary Epiſtles of half a yard long."
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        "Inclined to much writing."
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        "(archaic, rare) Inclined to much writing."
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        "archaic",
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    },
    {
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        "Inclined to much writing."
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