opuscule
/əˈpʌskjuːl
/(also opusculum /əˈpʌskjʊləm/)
noun (plural opuscules or opuscula /əˈpʌskjʊlə/) rare
A small or minor literary or musical work.Thomas wrote an opusculum dedicated to the question: what did Aristotle actually teach?...
- Dietrich's De Ente Et Essentia which bears the same title as Thomas Aquinas' opuscule is indeed a work that gives much evidence of having been prepared as a kind of rebuttal to certain doctrines of Aquinas.
- Some notable instances are given in Professor Sir Rupert Cross's admirable opuscule, Statutory Interpretation.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from French, from Latin opusculum, diminutive of opus 'work'.