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inedita

inedita noun: unpublished literary works.

Noun

inedita pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Unpublished literary works.
    • Nos. 3110-3136 are from the area of Phygela Marathesion; in this section there are 10 inedita; one of them may well come from Melos (cf. our lemma no. 743); another is of unknown provenance (cf. our lemma no. 1580).1981, Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, J. C. Giebum, page 243

Origin of inedita

1885–1890, New Latin, from Latin inēdita, neuter plural of inēditus, from in- (“not”) + ēditus (neuter plural ēdita), perfect form of ēdō (“publish, put forth”) (as in English edition), from ē (“out”) (from ēx) + dō (“give”), all from Proto-Indo-European roots. Various Romance cognates such as French inédit and Italian inedito.

Questions about inedita

What does inedita mean?
Inedita means unpublished literary works.
What part of speech is inedita?
Inedita is a noun.

Words near inedita in the dictionary

  1. inedibility
  2. inedible
  3. inedibleness
  4. inedibles
  5. inedibly
  6. inedita
  7. inedited
  8. ineducability
  9. ineducable
  10. ineducated
  11. ineducation

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