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ragmatical rag-MAT-ik-uhl adjective poorly behaved; uncouth; low class 1771Tobias SmollettThe Expedition of Humphry ClinkerHe has not only got my skin, but, moreover, my butter-milk to fatten his pigs; and, I suppose, the next thing he gets, will be my pad to carry his daughter to church and fair: Roger gets this, and Roger gets that; but I'd have you to know, I won't be rogered at this rate by any ragmatical fellow in the kingdom—And I am surprised, docter Lews, you would offer to put my affairs in composition with the refuge and skim of the hearth.Labels: Tobias Smollett
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ad utrumque paratus ad oo-TRUHM-kway pa-ra-toos phrase prepared for either outcome; prepared no matter the outcome 1679LactantiusDe Mortibus PersecutorumPlus virium Maxentio erat, quod et patris sui exercitum receperat a Severo et suum proprium de Mauris atque Gaetulis nuper extraxerat. 3 Dimicatum, et Maxentiani milites praevalebant, donec postea confirmato animo Constantinus et ad utrumque paratus copias omnes ad urbem propius admovit et a regione pontis Mulvii consedit.1771Tobias SmollettThe Expedition of Humphry ClinkerYour fable of the monkey and the pig, is what the Italians call ben trovata: but I shall not repeat it to my apothecary, who is a proud Scotchman, very thin skinned, and, for aught I know, may have his degree in his pocket—A right Scotchman has always two strings to his bow, and is in utrumque paratus.1875Anthony TrollopeThe Way We Live NowIn utrumque paratus, the article was mysterious, suggestive, amusing, well-informed that in the 'Evening Pulpit' was a matter of course and, above all things, ironical.Labels: Anthony Trollope, Lactantius, Tobias Smollett
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quantum mutatus ab illo kwawn-tuhm-myoo-TAW-tuhs awb-I-lo phrase he is a changed person; his circumstances have changed from what they were 1753Tobias SmollettThe Adventures of Ferdinand Count FathomAnd now, to return from this digression, you will perhaps be surprised to hear that the head or chairman of our club is really a sovereign prince; no less, I'll assure you, than the celebrated Theodore king of Corsica, who lies in prison for a debt of a few hundred pounds. Heu! quantum mutatus ab illo.1915Irwin L. GordonWho Was Who: 5000 B. C. to DateLEOPOLD, King, of the Congo and Belgium. Has not been dead long enough for historians to make him famous. Ambition: Song, women, and wine. Recreation: Wine, women, and song. Address: Several in Brussels. Epitaph: Quantum Mutatus Ab Illo.Labels: Irwin L. Gordon, Tobias Smollett
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