English
scribblesome
From scribble + -some.
Formed from scribble + -some
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- ‘to scratch, to tear’
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Latin cōnscrībō ‘to enroll or enlist, levy’
Latin scrībillō ‘to scribble or write of trivial matters’
Middle English scrīben
Middle English scriblen
English scribble
Today it means
adj Characteristic of scribbling; scribbly
Sources
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