Opuscule Octopus

originally posted: 12/20/01

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Opus (OH-pus) noun, plural opera (OH-puhr-a, OP-uhr-a) or opuses. A musical or literary composition. [From Latin opus (work).]

"So what do we call a minor novel or a symphony? The diminutive form of the word opus is opuscule. And a great work is a magnum opus. But let's remember, an octopus is not a collection of eight opera."

Yep, who among us wouldn't like to have eight arms right about now?

Online opus: Christmas in Boonville pictures are posted.