Manuscript: meaning, pronunciation and examples
Manuscript noun. A book or document written by hand, or an author's text before it is printed.
How to say it
MAN-yuh-skript/ˈmanjʊskrɪpt/
3 syllables, stressed on the first (MAN). Forms: manuscripts.
Manuscript in a sentence
The monks spent years illuminating a single manuscript with gold leaf.
She posted her manuscript to forty literary agents and pinned every rejection to the fridge.
Similar and opposite
Similar:
- draft
- typescript
- text
- codex
Where manuscript comes from
From medieval Latin manuscriptus, written by hand, from manus, hand, and scribere, to write.
Test yourself
Which word fills the gap?
She posted her _____ to forty literary agents and pinned every rejection to the fridge.
- florilegium
- muse
- manuscript
Show the answer
manuscript: She posted her manuscript to forty literary agents and pinned every rejection to the fridge.