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

/ ˈmænjʊˌskrɪpt /

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
3. 1. handwriting, as opposed to printing
   2. ( as modifier )

      a manuscript document

Other Words From

• manu·scriptal adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of manuscript¹

1590–1600; < Medieval Latin manūscrīptus written by hand, equivalent to Latin manū by hand (ablative of manus ) + scrīptus written; script

Word History and Origins

Origin of manuscript¹

C16: from Medieval Latin manūscriptus, from Latin manus hand + scribere to write

Example Sentences

The worthy effort to emphasize that much of the artist’s inventive genius — unfurling in thousands of manuscript pages, rather than oil paint and tempera — makes the dull staging a perhaps unavoidable conceit.

From Los Angeles Times

The company also asked the authors to release the manuscript on a preprint server, a website where scientists can post preliminary findings.

From Los Angeles Times

So the following spring, she took the train to New York City to finish her manuscript while living on the Upper West Side with her friend the dancer Lotte Goslaar.

From Salon

The truth of text is seemingly bolstered by a packet of erotic photos discovered alongside the manuscript.

From Los Angeles Times

McNeal is continually refining the prompts he feeds his new best friend, ChatGPT, to improve the literary quality of his manuscript drafts.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• article
• document
• text