egal
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of egal
1350–1400; Middle English egall < Anglo-French, Old French egal < Latin aequālis
Example Sentences
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A c'est egal, mam'selle, they don't mind these things in France—au plaisir de vous voir.
From The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Volume 3 by Lever, Charles James
—C'est tout egal; replied the commissary— —The devil it is! said I—but I will go to ten thousand Bastiles first— O England!
From The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Sterne, Laurence
"C'est egal, of all the follies and stupidities I have committed for them I would not have missed one!"
From The American by James, Henry
He wrote and ordeyned lawes moste egal and iust He edityed vnto the Grekes a comon welthe stable, quyet and commendable.
From The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 by Barclay, Alexander
He considerethe, and makethe Raysoun his guyde, As egal iuge enclyning to noo syde.
From Disguising at Hertford by Lydgate, John
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