mss
- 1Plural of ms.
The catalog lists more than two hundred medieval mss held by the archive.
Editors compared the surviving mss to reconstruct the original text.
Note
Plurality is shown by doubling the final letter, the same habit that turns p. into pp. for pages. The singular ms abbreviates several unrelated things, including manuscript, mint state, motor ship, morphine sulfate and mitral stenosis, so context decides which plural is meant. Multiple sclerosis is the exception: a condition rather than a countable thing, it has no plural, so mss never stands for it.
mss is a form of ms
ms, noun: A title used before an adult woman's name or surname, especially when indicating her marital status with Miss or Mrs. is not wanted or not possible. Full entry
- Spelling
- ms → mss: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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