typescript

noun

type·​script ˈtīp-ˌskript 

: a typewritten manuscript

A rare carbon typescript of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's Le Petit Prince featuring extensive handwritten corrections by the author is going up for sale.

—Ella Creamer

especially : one intended for use as printer's copy

Examples of typescript in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Irsay, who died last year, had spent decades amassing a collection that ranged from presidential documents and Jack Kerouac’s original typescript for On the Road to some of the most famous guitars in rock history. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2026

His typescripts and teacups were sacralized, like the Shroud of Turin. — David Remnick, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025

These typescript pages recount the life of his great-great-great-great-grandmother, the matriarch on his father’s side of the family. — New York Times, 17 June 2022

Wright’s publisher, Harper & Brothers, rejected the typescript. — Sonaiya Kelley, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2021

The result is a sumptuous scrapbook of photographs, magazine covers, artwork and hundreds of articles, letters and typescripts, everything beautifully held together by the Ritters’ concise but enthralling text. — Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2020

Word History

Etymology

type + manuscript

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for typescript

• eucalypt
• manuscript
• nondescript
• superscript
• chipped
• clipped
• crypt
• dipped
• dripped
• flipped
• gripped
• hipped