Meaning & use

Opuscule

noun·Academic

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A small or minor literary, musical, or artistic work.

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The scholar's opuscule on medieval bell-founding went largely unnoticed at the time.

Among the composer's grand symphonies sits this charming little opuscule for solo flute.

A note on using this word

Borrowed from French, ultimately from Latin 'opusculum', a diminutive of 'opus' (a work).

Words with a similar meaning

minor workbooklet

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Words with an opposite meaning

magnum opus

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