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Grammar : Verb
Spell : pen-suh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛn səl



Definition of pencilled

Origin :
  • early 14c., "an artist's fine brush of camel hair," from Old French pincel "artist's paintbrush" (13c., Modern French pinceau), from Latin penicillus "painter's brush, hair-pencil," literally "little tail," diminutive of peniculus "brush," itself a diminutive of penis "tail" (see penis). Small brushes formerly were used for writing before modern lead or chalk pencils; meaning "graphite writing implement" apparently evolved late 16c. Derogatory slang pencil-pusher "office worker" is from 1881; pencil neck "weak person" first recorded 1973.
  • As in write : verb put language down on paper
  • As in draw : verb create a likeness in a picture
Example sentences :
  • His fingers trembled when he found a pencilled note from Barbara.
  • Extract from : « The Education of Eric Lane » by Stephen McKenna
  • His servant came into the room with a pencilled note, which he opened.
  • Extract from : « Michael » by E. F. Benson
  • Mrs. Graham drew out a card, on which she had pencilled her daughter's address.
  • Extract from : « The Telegraph Boy » by Horatio Alger, Jr.
  • And on the back was pencilled, "For Aunt Emily, from her 'other boy.'"
  • Extract from : « Mary Ware's Promised Land » by Annie Fellows Johnston
  • Beatrice displayed the card with the pencilled words upon it.
  • Extract from : « The Slave of Silence » by Fred M. White
  • The wide margins were covered with pencilled notes in her writing.
  • Extract from : « The Angel of Terror » by Edgar Wallace
  • I have before me a pencilled document in the handwriting of three persons.
  • Extract from : « Humour of the North » by Lawrence J. Burpee
  • Love is pencilled by Him on every flower, and murmured in every breeze.
  • Extract from : « The Hart and the Water-Brooks; » by John R. Macduff
  • The porter screwed up his eyes to read the pencilled scrawl.
  • Extract from : « Excuse Me! » by Rupert Hughes
  • They examine him curiously from under their pencilled brows and smile to his hasty bow.
  • Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce

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