manuscripts
- 1Plural of manuscript.
Scholars examined the medieval manuscripts under careful lighting.
Several illuminated manuscripts survived the fire that destroyed the abbey.
Note
A regular plural, made with a plain -s, that carries both meanings of the singular. To a scholar it means books and documents written by hand rather than mechanically reproduced. To a publisher it means authors' original copies submitted for editing, which may be typed or even printed. Before a noun the word works as an adjective and drops the -s: manuscript copies, never manuscripts copies.
manuscripts is a form of manuscript
manuscript, noun: A book, composition, or other document written by hand (or typed by a person) rather than reproduced mechanically. Full entry
- Forms
- manuscriptmanuscripts plural
- Spelling
- manuscript → manuscripts: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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