manuscript
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈmæn.jəˌskɹɪpt/
Etymology 1 1597, from Medieval Latin manūscrīptus, a calque of Germanic [Term?] origin, equivalent to Latin manū (ablative of manus (“hand”)) + Latin scrīptus (past participle of scribere (“to write”)). Adjective

manuscript (not comparable)

  1. Handwritten, or by extension manually typewritten, as opposed to being mechanically reproduced.
Translations Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin manūscrīptum, a calque of Germanic [Term?] origin: compare Middle High German hantschrift, hantgeschrift ("manuscript") (c.

Noun

manuscript (plural manuscripts)

  1. A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced.
    • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC ↗:
      In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.
  2. A single, original copy of a book, article, composition etc, written by hand or even printed, submitted as original for (copy-editing and) reproductive publication.
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