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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Offhand; immediately; without delay; at once.
- n. At or by one's own hand; without the intervention of another; specifically, in Scots law, on one's own authority, or without legal warrant.
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Quidquid Latine dictum sit, altum vid...
Anything said in Latin seems profound.
ex libris, quo signo nata es, carpe diem, da capo al fine, sic transit glori..., carper diem, e pluribus septum, magister mundi sum., me transmitte sur..., radix lecti, noli equi dentes ..., veni, vidi, velcro and 158 more...
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Prolagus Lit. "with a short hand", it is used in Italian to describe a direct delivery, without intermediaries; for the original Latin meaning cf. here. Apr 22, 2009