proscript

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈproʊskrɪpt/ UK /ˈprəʊskrɪpt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a person who has been outlawed or condemned by proscription

As a proscript, his name was struck from the public rolls.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person who has been... outlaw exilepariahfugitive

Word family

Related forms proscribe proscription proscriptiveprescript

Etymology

From Latin proscriptus, past participle of proscribere ('to publish in writing, outlaw, condemn'), from pro- ('before, publicly') + scribere ('to write').

proscriptus Latin scribere Latin *skreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European

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# proscript

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈproʊskrɪpt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈprəʊskrɪpt/

## Meanings
1. a person who has been outlawed or condemned by proscription

## Examples
- As a proscript, his name was struck from the public rolls.

## Synonyms
- outlaw
- exile
- pariah
- fugitive

## Related Forms
- proscribe
- proscription
- proscriptive
- prescript

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: proscriptus
- Root: scribere - to write
- Root: *skreybʰ-

## Etymology
From Latin proscriptus, past participle of proscribere ('to publish in writing, outlaw, condemn'), from pro- ('before, publicly') + scribere ('to write').

## AI Etymology
Proscript is from Latin proscriptus, past participle of proscribere ('to publish in writing, outlaw, condemn'), from pro- ('before, publicly') + scribere ('to write'). Important recorded forms include proscriptus (Latin), scribere (Latin), and *skreybʰ- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers a person who has been outlawed or condemned by proscription. The wider family includes related words such as proscribe, proscription, proscriptive, and prescript.

## Topics
- People & Society

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