How to spell manuscript

Manuscript is spelled M-A-N-U-S-C-R-I-P-T.

hear itman·u·script/'mænjə,skrɪpt/nounHidden vowels

What it means: A handwritten document or draft of a literary work.

In a sentence: The author wrote her story in a special manuscript.

Same family: script, scripture, transcript, description, inscription. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Manuscript” comes from the Latin words “manus” (hand) and “scriptus” (written), literally meaning “written by hand.” Before printing was invented, every book was a manuscript that had to be copied by scribes one page at a time.

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