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Etymology

From Middle English writinge, wrytynge, writende, writand, from Old English wrītende, present participle of Old English wrītan (“to scratch, carve, write”), equivalent to write + -ing.

derived from wrītan — “to scratch, carve, write”
inherited from wrītende
inherited from writinge

Definitions

1
Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.
- Because writing of any kind is no more and no less than a graphic representation of speech[…], to study its nature and history we must often have recourse to the speech, that is, to the language, that the writing writes.
- Early writing appeared in both societies around 3000 B.C.E., mainly for administrative purposes in Egypt and for accounting and trading in Sumer.
Something written, such as a document, article or book.
The process of representing a language with symbols or letters.
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1. 4
  A work of an author.
  - Congrats, you did an interesting piece of writing.
2. 5
  The style of writing of a person.
  - I can't read your writing.
3. 6
  Intended for or used in writing.
  - a writing table
4. 7
  present participle and gerund of write
  - What are you doing? ― Um, I’m writing. ― You are writing! You are writing a lot!

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Derived

automatic writing, bookwriting, brainwriting, creative writing, cyberwriting, e-writing, fanwriting, foodwriting, food writing, food-writing, footwriting, freewriting, gagwriting, handwriting, hymnwriting, hyperwriting, in writing, kickwriting, majuscule writing, metawriting, newswriting, night writing, nonwriting, not worth writing home about, packet writing, patchwriting, playwriting, protowriting, put in writing, scorewriting, screenwriting, scriptwriting, signwriting, skywriting, sky writing, slate writing, songwriting, speechwriting, speedwriting, spirit writing · +22 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at writing. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at writing. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at writing

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.