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locus classicus

PRONUNCIATION:

MEANING:

noun: An authoritative and often quoted passage from a book.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin locus (place) + classicus (classical, belonging to the first or highest class). Earliest documented use: 1853.

USAGE:



Joan Smith: The Ancient Fears Stirred by Women at War; The Independent (London, UK); Apr 2, 2007.



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