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opuscule|əʊˈpʌskjuːl|
[a. F. opuscule (14th c.), ad. L. opuscul-um: see next and -cule.]
A small work; esp. a literary or musical work of small size.
1656Blount Glossogr., Opuscule, a little work, a little labor. a1851in Thackeray Christmas Bks. (1872) 127 To put forth certain opuscules, denominated ‘Christmas Books’. 1876Morley Crit. Misc. (1888) III. 361 In this opuscule he points out that Modern Society is passing through a great crisis. 1885Bookseller July 649/1 His customers refused to pay a shilling for a tiny opuscule which should have been sold for sixpence. |