# manuscript

Pronunciation: say "MAN-yuh-skript" /ˈmæn.jəˌskɹɪpt/

## Noun

1. A book, composition, or other document written by hand (or typed by a person) rather than reproduced mechanically.
   - Simple: A book or paper written by hand, or typed by a person, instead of printed by a machine.
   - _The monastery's library holds a thousand-year-old manuscript bound in cracked leather._
   - _Conservators examined the faded ink of the manuscript under ultraviolet light._
2. A single original copy of a book, article, or composition (handwritten or printed) submitted to a publisher as the basis for editing and reproduction.
   - Simple: The original copy of a book or article that a writer sends to a publisher.
   - _After two years of writing, he submitted the manuscript to his agent._
   - _The journal rejected the manuscript but invited the author to revise and resubmit it._

## Adjective

3. Produced by hand (or, by extension, by manual typewriting) rather than printed mechanically.
   - Simple: Written by hand, or typed by a person, instead of printed by a machine.
   - _The archive's manuscript sources predate the invention of printing._
   - _Researchers compared the manuscript version with the later printed edition._

## Origin

**Meaning 3** — Recorded from 1597, from Medieval Latin manūscrīptus, a calque of Germanic origin, made from Latin manū ("by hand") and scrīptus (past participle of scribere, "to write"). It is not found in Classical Latin.
**Meanings 1–2** — From Medieval Latin manūscrīptum ("writing by hand"), a calque of Germanic origin, comparable to Old English handġewrit and Old Norse handrit ("manuscript"). It is not found in Classical Latin.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/manuscript (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).