(historical, masculine) a portable stool used as a surface for writing
(historical, masculine) a case containing writing instruments.
Frequency
Hyphenated as
scrit‧tó‧io
Pronounced as (IPA)
/skritˈto.jo/
Etymology
From Late Latin scrīptōrium (“writing desk; writing room”), derived from Classical Latin scrīptus (“written”), perfect passive participle of scrībō (“to write”). Doublet of scrittorio.