Definitions
a writing or drawing tool with a graphite core, usually held in the hand
Word origin
From Anglo-Norman and Old French pincil (see the variant pincel, which gave rise to Modern French pinceau (“paintbrush”)), from Latin pēnicillum, diminutive of pēniculus (“brush”), itself a diminutive of pēnis (“tail; penis”). Not related to pen.
Used in a sentence
“But living art may not least part expresse, / Nor life-resembling pencill it can paynt[…].”
“why is it not lawfull for every man to pourtray himself with his pen, as it was for him to doe it with a pensell?”
“He requested three things of Sir Joshua Reynolds:—To forgive him thirty pounds which he had borrowed of him; to read the Bible; and never to use his pencil on a Sunday.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer9 curated clues
01“Erasable writer”6 letters
02“Graphite writer”6 letters
03“Graphite writing tool”6 letters
04“School writing stick”6 letters
05“School writing tool”6 letters
06“Tool sharpened for writing”6 letters
07“Wooden writing tool”6 letters
08“Writing tool with graphite”6 letters
09“Writing stick”6 letters
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