manuscript
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
manuscript/ˈmanjuskrɪpt/
▶noun
- 1 a handwritten book, document, or piece of music.
- 2 a handwritten or typed text submitted for or awaiting printing and publication.
– origin C16: from med. L. manuscriptus, from manu ‘by hand’ + scriptus ‘written’.
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