imprimis

[ im-prahy-mis, -pree- ]

/ ɪmˈpraɪ mɪs, -ˈpri- /

adverb

in the first place.

Nearby words

impressment, impressure, imprest, imprest fund, imprimatur, imprimis, imprint, imprinter, imprinting, imprison, improbability

Origin of imprimis

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

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Examples from the Web for imprimis

Imprimis, that Karslake had been guilty of practising a deception upon her father.
Red Masquerade|Louis Joseph Vance
Imprimis, a broad high forehead, rounded at the top, like an old-fashioned gateway.
A Bold Stroke for a Husband|Hannah Cowley
Imprimis venerare Deos—Before all things reverence the gods.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood
Imprimis memorandum exemplum quod Anshelmus Boetius de seipso refert, tam mutati Coloris, quam casu preservationis.
Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours (1664)|Robert Boyle

Imprimis, I have not attended a single debate in the House of Commons.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845|Various

British Dictionary definitions for imprimis

imprimis

/ (ɪmˈpraɪmɪs) /

adverb

archaic in the first place

Word Origin for imprimis

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

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