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Synonyms for handwriting-on-the-wall


Grammar : Adj
Spell : hand-rahy-ting
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhændˌraɪ tɪŋ

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Définition of handwriting-on-the-wall

Origin :
  • c.1500, from hand (n.) + writing, translating Latin manuscriptum. Hand in the sense of "handwriting, style of writing" is from late 14c.
  • An ordinary note in his [Horace Greeley's] handwriting is said to have been used for a long time as a railroad pass, then as a servant's recommendation, and finally taken to a drug-store as a doctor's prescription. ["Frank Leslie's Magazine," August 1884]
  • As in imminent : adj at hand, on the way
  • As in impending : adj forthcoming

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