obiter scriptum
A smaller piece, written during the process of writing a larger piece, which is…A smaller piece, written during the process of writing a larger piece, which is supplementary or incidental to that larger piece; something written on the way to writing something else; a subsidiary composition or publication.
Meaning
1 senses(formal)A smaller piece, written during the process of writing a larger piece, which is supplementary or incidental to that larger piece; something written on the way to writing something else; a subsidiary composition or publication.
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Origin
From Latin: obiter scrīptum (“[a thing] written on the way”), from obiter (“on the way, inFrom Latin: obiter scrīptum (“[a thing] written on the way”), from obiter (“on the way, incidentally”) + scrīptum (“text, anything written, writing”). Formed on the pattern of the earlier obiter dictum, with which it is often paired (especially in the plural).
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Forms
plural: obiter scripta| Singular | obiter scriptum |
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irregular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular