manuscript
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[edit] Etymology
1597, from Medieval Latin manuscriptum (“writing by hand”), from Latin manu (ablative of manus (“hand”)) + scriptus (past participle of scribere (“to write”)), calqued from a word of Germanic origin, compare Middle High German hantschrift, hantgeschrift (c. 1450, “manuscript”), Old English handġewrit (before 1150, “what is written by hand, deed, contract, manuscript”), Old Norse handrit (before 1300, “manuscript”).
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[edit] Adjective
manuscript (comparative more manuscript, superlative most manuscript)
- Which is handwritten, or by extension typewritten, as opposed to mechanical reproduction
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handwritten, or by extension typewritten
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[edit] Noun
manuscript (plural manuscripts)
- A book, composition or any other document, (type)written by hand, not mechanically reproduced.
- 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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- ms or ms.
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book, composition or any other document, written by hand
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book, article etc, submitted for reproductive publication
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manuscript n. (??? please provide the plural and diminutive!)
- A manuscript, written (not printed) text or composition
- A manuscript submitted for reproductive publication
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- (not reproduced) handschrift n.