noun / adjective
manuscript
Text written by hand rather than printed.
The manuscript page preserves the scribe's handwritten letters.
Etymology
The Latin elements mean by hand and written. The compound directly distinguishes handwriting from a text produced by printing.
In context
I had intended to place the manuscript of a work of fiction that I had written during my few unoccupied hours
More examples
- The library holds several medieval manuscripts.
- She compared manuscript copies of the poem.
- A manuscript note appeared in the margin.
Forms
manuscript · manuscripts
Similar words
- handwritten
- Handwritten directly describes the method.
- autograph
- An autograph manuscript is written in its author's own hand.