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quod erat demonstrandum kwawd AER-awt de-muhn-STRAN-duhm phrase that which was to be demonstrated; used in mathematics at the end of proof and is often symbolized with a small square; abbreviation: QED 1829Honore De BalzacThe Girl With The Golden EyesIf this hurried glance at the population of Paris has enabled us to conceive the rarity of a Raphaelesque face, and the passionate admiration which such an one must inspire at the first sight, the prime interest of our history will have been justified. Quod erat demonstrandum—if one may be permitted to apply scholastic formulae to the science of manners.1897Henry Seton MerrimanThe Grey LadyAnd it is thus that the little habits are acquired, and the little habits make the woman, therefore the little habits make the match. Quod erat demonstrandum.1905Donald MacKenzie WallaceRussiaNow vot is evidently the same root as the German vat in Vater, and the English fath in father. Quod erat demonstrandum.1971Poul AndersonOperation Chaos'Remember, this is a gut issue. Nornwell manufactures a lot of police and defense equipment, like witchmark fluorescers and basilisk goggles. We're under contract to develop more kinds. The police and the armed forces serve the Establishment. The Establishment is evil. Therefore Nornwell must be shut down.' | 'Quod erat demonstrandum about,' she sighed.'Labels: Donald MacKenzie Wallace, Henry Seton Merriman, Honore De Balzac, Poul Anderson
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zakuska za-KOOS-ka noun snack food; hors d'oeuvre 1902Henry Seton MerrimanThe Vultures'Only one,' replied Deulin—'the waiter who serves the Zakuska counter down-stairs.1915H. G. WellsThe Research Magnificent In January, in an outbreak of enquiry, he had gone with Lionel Maxim to St. Petersburg and had eaten zakuska, brightened his eyes with vodka, talked with a number of charming people of the war that was then imminent, listened to gipsy singers until dawn, careered in sledges about the most silent and stately of capitals, and returned with Lionel, discoursing upon autocracy and assassination, Japan, the Russian destiny, and the government of Peter the Great. 1919Hugh WalpoleThe Secret CityThen with a sigh he drew a chair up to the table and began eating zakuska, putting salt-fish and radishes and sausage on to his place and eating them with a fork.Labels: H. G. Wells, Henry Seton Merriman, Hugh Walpole
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apostrophize uh-PAWS-truh-faiz noun reference to a personified thing or idea or to a person or persons not present 1887George MacDonaldHome AgainHe worshiped what he called thoughts, would rave about a thought in the abstract, apostrophize an uncaught idea.1902Henry Seton MerrimanThe Vultures'There is only one man in Warsaw who would apostrophize the gods like that,' he said. The speaker was Prince Martin Bukaty.1903James Cox My Native Land After an actor has been beheaded, he has been known to pickup the false head and apostrophize it while making his exit from the stage. Labels: George MacDonald, Henry Seton Merriman, James Cox
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vogue la galère vog la ga-LUR phrase keep the galley rowing; to continue on; continue regardless of the consequences; damn the torpedoes 1858Oliver Wendell HolmesThe Autocrat of the Breakfast TableCrac! from the sergent-de-ville's broad palm on the white shoulder! Now look! Vogue la galere!1894Stanley WeymanUnder the Red Robe'Well, if I must I must?' I cried, making up my mind with seeming recklessness. 'Vogue la galere!'1902Henry Seton MerrimanThe VulturesIt is only men who have a whole row of hearts on a shelf, and, when one is broken, they take down another, made, perhaps, of ambition, or sport, or the love of a different sort of woman—and, vogue la galere, they go on just as well as they did before.'1918Marion Polk AngellottiThe Firefly of FranceI was forming the habit of trusting to pure luck and vogue la galere!Labels: Henry Seton Merriman, Marion Polk Angellotti, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Stanley Weyman
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