Pronounced: heb-DAH-muh-dull, adj
Notes: Fancy word; we use another word much more frequently
Yesterday’s phrase
The phrase local classicus means “an authoritative and often quoted passage from a book”
First usage
Our phrase came into English in the mid-1800s
Background / Comments
I was aware that the Latin word locus (place), and I thought classicus meant “classical”, which it does: actually “classical; belonging to the first or highest class”. But the actual meaning of the phrase was unknown to me.
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