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manuscript

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Noun
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man=u=script

CIDE DICTIONARY

manuscripta. [L. manu scriptus. See Manual, and Scribe.].
     Written with or by the hand; not printed; as, a manuscript volume.  [1913 Webster]
manuscriptn. [LL. manuscriptum, lit., something written with the hand. See Manuscript, a.].
  •  An original literary or musical composition written by the author, formerly with the hand, now usually by typewriter or word processor. It is contrasted with a printed copy.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Writing, as opposed to print; as, the book exists only in manuscript.  Craik.  [1913 Webster]
    " The word is often abbreviated to MS., plural MSS."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

manuscript, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a book, document, etc. written by hand.
2 an author's handwritten or typed text, submitted for publication.
3 handwritten form (produced in manuscript).
--adj. written by hand.

Etymology
med.L manuscriptus f. manu by hand + scriptus past part. of scribere write

THESAURUS

manuscript

Aldine, Aldine book, Elzevir, Elzevir book, article, autograph, autographic, autography, brainchild, calligraphic, calligraphy, chirographic, chirography, codex, composed matter, composition, computer printout, copy, cradle book, cursive, dead matter, document, draft, early edition, edited version, engrossed, engrossment, essay, fair copy, fiction, final draft, finished version, first draft, first edition, fist, flimsy, flowing, graphanalysis, graphic, graphoanalytic, graphologic, graphology, graphometric, graphometry, hand, handwriting, holograph, holographic, in longhand, in shorthand, in writing, incunabulum, inscribed, italic, italicized, letter, literae scriptae, literary artefact, literary production, literature, live matter, longhand, lucubration, matter, nonfiction, on paper, opus, original, paleography, paper, parchment, penciled, pencraft, penmanship, penned, penscript, piece, piece of writing, play, poem, printed, printed matter, printout, production, rare book, reading matter, recension, running, screed, scrip, script, scription, scriptorial, scriptural, scrive, scroll, second draft, shorthand, standing matter, stylographic, stylography, the written word, transcript, transcription, typescript, version, work, writing, written

ROGET THESAURUS

manuscript

Writing

N writing, chirography, stelography, cerography, penmanship, craftmanship, quill driving, typewriting, writing, manuscript, MS, literae scriptae, these presents, stroke of the pen, dash of the pen, coupe de plume, line, headline, pen and ink, letter, uncial writing, cuneiform character, arrowhead, Ogham, Runes, hieroglyphic, contraction, Brahmi, Devanagari, Nagari, script, shorthand, stenography, brachygraphy, tachygraphy, secret writing, writing in cipher, cryptography, stenography, phonography, pasigraphy, Polygraphy, logography, copy, transcript, rescript, rough copy, fair copy, handwriting, signature, sign manual, autograph, monograph, holograph, hand, fist, calligraphy, good hand, running hand, flowing hand, cursive hand, legible hand, bold hand, cacography, griffonage, barbouillage, bad hand, cramped hand, crabbed hand, illegible hand, scribble, pattes de mouche, ill-formed letters, pothooks and hangers, stationery, pen, quill, goose quill, pencil, style, paper, foolscap, parchment, vellum, papyrus, tablet, slate, marble, pillar, table, blackboard, ink bottle, ink horn, ink pot, ink stand, ink well, typewriter, transcription, inscription, superscription, graphology, composition, authorship, cacoethes scribendi, graphoidea, graphomania, phrenoia, writer, scribe, amanuensis, scrivener, secretary, clerk, penman, copyist, transcriber, quill driver, stenographer, typewriter, typist, writer for the press, writing, written, in writing, in black and white, under one's hand, uncial, Runic, cuneiform, hieroglyphical, currente calamo, pen in hand, audacter et sincere, le style est l'homme meme, nature's noblest gift - my gray goose quill, scribendi recte sapere et principium et fons, that mighty instrument of little men, the pen became a clarion.


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