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syl·la·bus (sil′ə bəs)

noun pl. syllabuses -·buses or syllabi -·bi′ (-bī′)

  1. a summary or outline, esp. of a course of study
  2. Law brief notes preceding and explaining the decision or points of law in the written report of an adjudged case

Etymology: ModL < LL(Ec), a list, register (prob. false form for syllaba, syllable), mistaken reading of L sillybus, altered < sittybus, strip of parchment used as a label < Gr sittybos, strip of leather

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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