See Also: instancy(dictionary)

opus (oh) and instancy (iou)


opus (oh)



[usually singular]
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: Latin; Origin: 'work']
a piece of Music by a great musician, numbered according to when it was written
::Beethoven's Opus 95
formal an important work of Art by a famous writer, painter etc
-see also magnum opus

instancy (iou)



instancy noun. E16.
[Latin instantia: see INSTANCE noun, -ANCY.]
The quality of being pressing; urgency; solicitation; pressing Nature. E16.
Closeness, imminence. rare. M17.
Immediacy, instantaneity. rare. M19.