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pensum

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Borrowed from Latin pensum. Doublet of peso.

noun pensums

dated A task or imposition set as a school punishment. You invent nothing, you think you are inventing, you think you are escaping, and all you do is stammer out your lesson, the remnants of a pensum one day got by heart and long forgotten, life without tears, as it wept.

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"pensum." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pensum. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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pensum. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pensum

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"pensum." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pensum.

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@misc{pensum_2026,
  title = {pensum},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pensum},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}