Sanscript

Eggcorn of Sanskrit.

Proper noun

  1. Eggcorn of Sanskrit.
    • He appeals to the ancient Sanscript records, which mention a migration of certain of the military class termed Chinas, from India to the countries east from Bengal. - 1825, Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee,...
    • "Cat" is from the Latin "catus," which came into use in place of the older Latin "Felis." The Romans brought cats from Syria, where the name was "kota." "Kitt," from which we get kitten, is Arabic, I think. In Persian...
    • A graduate student in Sanscript, writes, "There is little in lucidity itself that will disrupt the production of dream images and sense effects..." - 1991, Jayne Gackenbach, Anees A. Sheikh, Dream images: a call to...

Origin

A misinterpretation of Sanskrit by confusion with script.