"obiter scriptum" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɒbɪtɚ ˈskɹɪptəm/ Forms: obiter scripta [plural]
Etymology: 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). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|-}} Latin Head templates: {{en-noun|obiter scripta|head=obiter scriptum}} obiter scriptum (plural obiter scripta)
  1. (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. Tags: formal
    Sense id: en-obiter_scriptum-en-noun-LMKHX7bu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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