manuscript /ˈmæn.jəˌskɹɪpt/noun 2adjective 1forms 1 noun2 •A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced.We read in history, that the beauty of an ancient manuscript tempted King Alfred, when a boy at his mother's knee, to learn the letters of the Saxon tongue. — 1845 •A single, original copy of a book, article, composition etc, written by hand or even printed, submitted as original for (copy-editing and) reproductive publication. adjective1 •Handwritten, or by extension manually typewritten, as opposed to being mechanically reproduced. formsmanuscripts
