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manuscript

[ man-yuh-skript ]

noun

  1. the original text of an author's work, handwritten or now usually typed, that is submitted to a publisher.
  2. any text not printed.
  3. a book or document written before the invention of printing.
  4. writing, as distinguished from print.


adjective

  1. handwritten or typed, not professionally printed.

manuscript

/ ˈ³¾Ã¦²ÔÂáÊŠËŒ²õ°ì°ùɪ±è³Ù /

noun

  1. a book or other document written by hand
  2. the original handwritten or typed version of a book, article, etc, as submitted by an author for publication
    1. handwriting, as opposed to printing
    2. ( as modifier )

      a manuscript document

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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¾²¹²Ôu·²õ³¦°ù¾±±è³Ùa±ô adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of manuscript1

1590–1600; < Medieval Latin ³¾²¹²ÔÅ«²õ³¦°ùÄ«±è³Ù³Ü²õ written by hand, equivalent to Latin ³¾²¹²ÔÅ« by hand (ablative of manus ) + ²õ³¦°ùÄ«±è³Ù³Ü²õ written; script
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of manuscript1

C16: from Medieval Latin ³¾²¹²ÔÅ«scriptus, from Latin manus hand + scribere to write
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He once acquired the manuscript for a cookbook written by a woman who survived the Holocaust and collected recipes while living in a concentration camp.

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"As I was leafing through the manuscript, the poem struck me as an odd version of Sonnet 116," the university researcher explained.

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But when she had nearly finished, she reread the manuscript and realised there was "so much about mothers and daughters" in it, even though she hadn't been conscious of this while writing.

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“My homicide partner and I drove to Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills and dropped off the manuscript,†Wambaugh recalled in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Quarterly.

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Lawrence-Mathers not only shows the bonds between religion and sorcery but examines the sheer beauty of the manuscripts involved, from illumination to illustration.

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