opusculumn.

Brit.

/əˈpʌskjᵿləm/, U.S.

/oʊˈpəskjəl(ə)m/

Inflections: Plural opuscula, opusculums.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin opusculum.

Etymology: < classical Latin opusculum a small work, especially a minor literary work < opus work (see opus n.) + -culum -culum suffix. Compare earlier opuscule n. and opuscle n.

= opuscule n. Esp. in early use also in the titles of collections.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > [noun] > opusculum

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > regarded as the result of labour > small or minor

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1624 W. Bedell in Copies Certaine Lett. Religion vi. 101 Besides these there is one wherein his [sc. Cyprian's]opuscula alone are contained.

1640 S. Daines Orthoepia Anglicana To Rdr. sig. A4^v At least I desire his censure of this Opusculum, but newly hatched, may be but as milde, as my intentions reall for the more certain and speedy advancement of learning.

1657 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) III. 90 Dr. Andrews, Grotius, Dr. Hammond, in a particular opusculum..have all treated on this subject.

1782 V. Knox Ess. (new ed.) II. cvi. 103 Pretty and pleasing opuscula.

1886 Athenæum 14 Aug. 208/2 Hitherto undescribed opuscula, both in prose and verse, printed before 1539.

1944 D. Tovey Chamber Music i. 2 Beethoven's sketches for this opusculum are entangled with ideas of a fugal opening which afterwards took shape in the scherzo of the Ninth Symphony.

1970 G. Greer Female Eunuch 101 All that such an opusculum can reflect is young Sarah's facility in emulation.

1992 London Rev. Bks. 26 Mar. 18/2 Although The Mezzanine..describes itself as a mere ‘opusculum’, there is nothing slight or insignificant about its impact.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	opusculum
释义	opusculumn. Brit. /əˈpʌskjᵿləm/, U.S. /oʊˈpəskjəl(ə)m/ Inflections: Plural opuscula, opusculums. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin opusculum. Etymology: < classical Latin opusculum a small work, especially a minor literary work < opus work (see opus n.) + -culum -culum suffix. Compare earlier opuscule n. and opuscle n. = opuscule n. Esp. in early use also in the titles of collections. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > [noun] > opusculum opusculec1530 opuscle1534 opusculum1624 parergon1928 society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > regarded as the result of labour > small or minor opusculec1530 opuscle1534 urchin1589 opusculum1624 minor1821 parergon1928 1624 W. Bedell in Copies Certaine Lett. Religion vi. 101 Besides these there is one wherein his [sc. Cyprian's]opuscula alone are contained. 1640 S. Daines Orthoepia Anglicana To Rdr. sig. A4^v At least I desire his censure of this Opusculum, but newly hatched, may be but as milde, as my intentions reall for the more certain and speedy advancement of learning. 1657 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) III. 90 Dr. Andrews, Grotius, Dr. Hammond, in a particular opusculum..have all treated on this subject. 1782 V. Knox Ess. (new ed.) II. cvi. 103 Pretty and pleasing opuscula. 1886 Athenæum 14 Aug. 208/2 Hitherto undescribed opuscula, both in prose and verse, printed before 1539. 1944 D. Tovey Chamber Music i. 2 Beethoven's sketches for this opusculum are entangled with ideas of a fugal opening which afterwards took shape in the scherzo of the Ninth Symphony. 1970 G. Greer Female Eunuch 101 All that such an opusculum can reflect is young Sarah's facility in emulation. 1992 London Rev. Bks. 26 Mar. 18/2 Although The Mezzanine..describes itself as a mere ‘opusculum’, there is nothing slight or insignificant about its impact. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1624
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