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opuscule

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o⋅pus⋅cule

  [oh-puhs-kyool]
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–noun
1. a small or minor work.
2. a literary or musical work of small size.
Origin:
1650–60; < F < L opusculum, equiv. to opus work + -culum -cule 1

Related forms:
o⋅pus⋅cu⋅lar, adjective
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o·pus·cule   (ō-pŭs'kyōōl)   
n.  A small, minor work.

[Latin opusculum, diminutive of opus, work; see opus.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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