adscript

Thân thiện

An adscript letter appears in this printed text.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • (Historical, of a person) Bound to a specific piece of land; a serf whose service is tied to the land and transferable with it to a new owner.
   • (Typography) Written or printed immediately following another character and aligned with it, without a space; subscript.

Usage Examples

• Adjective (Historical):

  • The adscript peasants could not leave the estate without their lord's permission.
  • Unlike a slave, an adscript serf had certain customary rights but was still bound to the land.

• Adjective (Typography):

  • In the chemical formula H₂O, the numeral '2' is an adscript character.
  • The footnote number was placed as an adscript to the relevant word.

Advanced Usage

• "Adscript to the soil": A formal historical phrase describing the condition of serfs bound to a landed estate.
  • The peasantry in that region were considered adscript to the soil.

Variants and Related Words

• Adscription (n): The state or condition of being adscript.
  • The system of adscription was common in feudal societies.

Synonyms

• Bound (adj): Tied or fastened.
• Subscript (adj, typography): Written or printed below the line.
• Enserfed (adj, historical): Made into a serf.

Antonyms

• Free (adj): Not under the control or in the power of another.
• Superscript (adj, typography): Written or printed above the line.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. (used of persons) bound to a tract of land; hence their service is transferable from owner to owner
   • an adscript serf
2. written or printed immediately following another character and aligned with it

Từ đồng nghĩa

• adscripted