[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That writes; engaged in, addicted to, writing.
1592. Shaks., Rom. & Jul., I. ii. 44. What names the writing person hath here writ.
1711. Shaftesb., Charac., III. 246. A Rank superiour to the Writing Worthys.
1728. Ramsay, General Mistake, 181. To be a wirrykow to writing fools.
1848. Dickens, Dombey, xxiv. Do you take any interest in writing people?
1893. Athenæum, 24 June, 802/3. A great mistake,… to which one writing architect at least is liable.
