obiter scriptum
/ˈɒbɪtɚ ˈskɹɪptəm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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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Etymology
From 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).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
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