facile princeps
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of facile princeps
literally: easily first
Example Sentences
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But wouldn't Professor Rogers, facile princeps in physics, rub his nose, and look in wonder, to see peripatetic motion induced without a sign of a fulcrum for the lever of life to rest upon?
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 by Various
For flavor, freedom from bitterness, facility in curing, and high commercial value, the Criollo is everywhere conceded to be facile princeps.
From Cacao Culture in the Philippines by Lyon, William S. (Scrugham)
In the parliamentary debates which concerned the position of parties and the fate of measures, which enchained the Senate and led captive the people, Mr. Clay was facile princeps.
From Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 by Blaine, James Gillespie
Yet there is no other man in England who is so conspicuous in so many spheres of activity, and wherever he appears he is always facile princeps in the public eye.
From Personality in Literature by Scott-James, Rolfe Arnold
He was facile princeps as a blagueur, that is, he could chaff unmercifully, talk tall, make a fool imagine himself wise, and a wise man feel foolish.
From Fragments of an Autobiography by Moscheles, Felix
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