griffonage

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/ˈɡrɪfəˌnɑːʒ//ˈɡrɪfəˌnæʒ/

noun

Careless handwriting; a crude or illegible scrawl.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

noungriffonage (countable and uncountable, plural griffonages)

plural griffonages

  1. countablerareuncountableCareless handwriting; a crude or illegible scrawl.

    "We hastened to pack up our ‘trumpery’..and among the rest, my six hundred pages of griffonage."

    1832, Frances Milton Trollope, “Domestic Manners of the Americans”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), published 1839
    2 more examples

    There was a heap of little crumpled bills which, with Felicie's griffonage, Helen had thrown into her table-drawer.

    1834, Maria Edgeworth, Helen

    He gave a sort of passport, a συμβολον ξενικον, authenticated with such a portentous griffonage as would have done credit to Ali Pacha.

    1838, C. M'Farlane, Esq., “The Lives and Exploits of Banditti and Robbers in all Parts of the World”, in The Quarterly Review, volume CXXI

Origin

  1. Frenchgriffonner
  2. Englishgriffonage

From French griffonner.

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APA

griffonage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/griffonage

MLA

“griffonage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/griffonage. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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