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apothegm A-puh-them noun a maxim; a pithy saying; a succinct remark 1846Nathaniel HawthorneThe Old ManseIt has been an apothegm these five thousand years, that toil sweetens the bread it earns.1877Michel de MontaigneThe Essays of MontaigneHad any one formerly brought me to Erasmus, I should hardly have believed but that all was adage and apothegm he spoke to his man or his hostess.1905Edith Wharton The House of MirthIf you would forgive your enemy, says the Malay proverb, first inflict a hurt on him; and Lily was experiencing the truth of the apothegm.1922James Branch CabellJurgen Besides, a kiss, wherever deposited, as Jurgen pointed out, is, when you think of it, but a ceremonial, of no intrinsic wrongfulness. The girl demurring against this apothegm—as custom again exacted—was, still in common fairness, convinced of her error. So now, says Jurgen presently, you see for yourself. Labels: Edith Wharton, James Branch Cabell, Michel de Montaigne, Nathaniel Hawthorne
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hoc age hok ayj phrase do this; in doing your duty let nothing hinder your zeal 1847John AubreyThe Natural History of WiltshireThe consistorie of this church (Salisbury) was as eminent for learning as any in England, and the choire had the best method; hence came the saying 'secundum usum Sarum'. Over every stall there was writt 'hoc age'. These old stalles were taken down about 1671, and now they sitt in the quire undistinguisht, without stalles.1873Charles Reade A Simpleton So to church they went; and Staines, whose motto was 'Hoc age,' minded his book. Rosa had intervals of attention to the words, but found plenty of time to study the costumes. 1877Michel de MontaigneThe Essays of MontaigneThe Romans, in their religious exercises, began with 'Hoc age' as we in ours do with 'Sursum corda'; these are so many words lost to me: I come already fully prepared from my chamber.Labels: Charles Reade, John Aubrey, Michel de Montaigne
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valetudinary va-luh-too-den-EAR-ee adjective, noun a person obsessed with their health; a sick person 1815Jane AustenEmmaThe evil of the actual disparity in their ages (and Mr. Woodhouse had not married early) was much increased by his constitution and habits; for having been a valetudinarian all his life, without activity of mind or body, he was a much older man in ways than in years; and though everywhere beloved for the friendliness of his heart and his amiable temper, his talents could not have recommended him at any time.1877Michel de MontaigneThe Essays of MontaigneAll which conceits come now into my head, by the remembrance of a story was told me by a domestic apothecary of my father's, a blunt Swiss, a nation not much addicted to vanity and lying, of a merchant he had long known at Toulouse, who being a valetudinary, and much afflicted with the stone, had often occasion to take clysters, of which he caused several sorts to be prescribed him by the physicians, acccording to the accidents of his disease; which, being brought him, and none of the usual forms, as feeling if it were not too hot, and the like, being omitted, he lay down, the syringe advanced, and all ceremonies performed, injection alone excepted; after which, the apothecary being gone, and the patient accommodated as if he had really received a clyster, he found the same operation and effect that those do who have taken one indeed; and if at any time the physician did not find the operation sufficient, he would usually give him two or three more doses, after the same manner.Labels: Jane Austen, Michel de Montaigne
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