imprimis

[ im-prahy-mis, -pree- ]

adverb

1. in the first place.

imprimis

/ ɪmˈpraɪmɪs /

adverb

1. archaic.
   in the first place

Word History and Origins

Origin of imprimis¹

1425–75; late Middle English < Latin, contraction of phrase in prīmīs in the first place, above all

Word History and Origins

Origin of imprimis¹

C15: from Latin phrase in prīmīs, literally: among the first things

Example Sentences

Symbolæ ad anatomiam villorum imprimis eorum epithelii, Berlin, 1837.

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"Imprimis," York began, with his pen on the lease form before him.

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Erat imprimis Scipioni carus ob singularem virtutem et impigram ad pericula et labores alacritatem.

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Nimiae viri potentiae obsistebant quidam ex optimatibus et imprimis Quintus Catulus.

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Imprimis memorandum exemplum quod Anshelmus Boetius de seipso refert, tam mutati Coloris, quam casu preservationis.

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