Today’s Words That Work: Amanuensis

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Today’s Words That Work: Amanuensis

An amanuensis (uh-man-yoo-EN-sis) — from the Latin for “hand” — is a clerk, secretary, or scribe; a person employed to take dictation or copy manuscripts.

Example (as used by Jay Parini in a New York Times review of Sophia Tolstoy: A Biography by Alexandra Popoff): “[Leo] Tolstoy depended heavily on his wife, not only to look after the expansive family and its property but to act as his amanuensis. She copied and recopied his manuscripts, acting as secretary and literary agent, publicist and manager.”

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