vulgus
[ vuhl-guhs ]
noun,plural vul·gus·es for 2.
the common people; masses.
an exercise in Latin formerly required of English public-school pupils.
Origin of vulgus
1Borrowed into English from Latin around 1680–90
Words Nearby vulgus
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How to use vulgus in a sentence
That he carried the odi profanum vulgus, et arceo too far cannot for a moment be doubted.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician | Frederick NiecksTurner in 1538 says, "ligustrum arbor est non herba ut literatorū vulgus credit; nihil que minus est quam a Prymerose."
The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare | Henry Nicholson EllacombeI said this was a figure of rhetoric, employed by his Lordship ad captandum vulgus.
Odi profanum vulgus et arceo; hence, ye profane: you would not understand the mighty lesson of the rag tank.
The Life of the Fly | J. Henri FabreHis work is saturated with that contempt of the profanum vulgus which the profanum vulgus (humanly enough) seldom fails to return.
A History of English Literature | George Saintsbury
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