treatise
Etymology

From Middle English tretys, from Anglo-Norman tretiz and Old French traitis, from traitier ("to deal with, treat").

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈtɹiːtɪs/, /ˈtɹiːtɪz/
Noun

treatise (plural treatises)

  1. A formal, usually lengthy, systematic discourse on some subject.
    • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “An Act of Parliament”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC ↗, page 191 ↗:
      "As you cannot make a speech, you must," said Henrietta, "put it into a treatise."
    • 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC ↗:
      “ […] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps ? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic ? […]”
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