ab ovo
from the beginning.
Origin of ab ovo
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How to use ab ovo in a sentence
Of plot Horace says little, only suggesting that the poet should not begin ab ovo but plunge at once into the midst of the action.
Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance | Donald Lemen ClarkSmith minor's translation of ab ovo usque ad mala is thus justified: "It is up to the males to lay eggs."
The generalization that all is developed ab ovo was just receiving universal attention.
I knew him from the very egg, I may say—ab ovo—Mrs. Cavanagh; it was I instilled his first principles into him.
The Emigrants Of Ahadarra | William CarletonThe Romans began their noonday meal with eggs, and ended with a dessert; ab ovo ad malum.
The Castaways | Captain Mayne Reid
British Dictionary definitions for ab ovo
/ Latin (æb ˈəʊvəʊ) /
from the beginning
Origin of ab ovo
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