nonwriter

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noun

A person who is not a writer.

OriginEnglish writer ← Middle English writer ← Old English wrītere →
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Meanings

nounnonwriter (plural nonwriters)

plural nonwriters

  1. A person who is not a writer.

    Plato (channeling the nonwriter Socrates) warned that this technology meant impoverishment […]

    2011, James Gleick, The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood

Origin

  1. Englishnon-
  2. Proto-Germanic*wrītaną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*wrītan
  4. Old Englishwrītan
  5. Old Englishwrītere
  6. Middle Englishwriter
  7. Englishwriter
  8. Englishnonwriter

From non- + writer.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonwriter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonwriter.

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