/sub"skript/ , adj.
1. written below (distinguished from adscript, superscript ).
2. inferior (def. 9).
n.
3. inferior (def. 11).
4. Also called subfix . any character, number, or symbol written next to and slightly below another.
[ 1695-1705; subscriptus (ptp. of subscribere to SUBSCRIBE), equiv. to sub- SUB- + scrib ( ere ) to write + -tus ptp. suffix ]