An "opuscule" is a small or minor work. The word comes from the Latin "opusculum," a diminutive of "opus," meaning "work."
Un "opuscule" es una obra pequeña o menor. La palabra proviene del latín "opusculum", un diminutivo de "opus", que significa "trabajo".
| Front | opuscule \o-PUS-kyool\ |
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| Back | noun A small, minor work. [Latin opusculum, diminutive of opus, work.] "The second part of Stillman's dissertation treated the small opuscule of a Mr. Henry Dark who, while living in England before emigrating to Boston, was presumed to have been John Milton's secretary. In a short text of 1690 entitled The New Babel, Dark made America equal in status to the promised land of the Old Testament." |
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