Low Latin

noun

any form of nonclassical Latin, as Late Latin, Vulgar Latin, or Medieval Latin.

Origin of Low Latin

First recorded in 1870–75

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Examples from the Web for low latin

Historical Examples of low latin

In Low-Latin, its commonest meaning is a woman's head-dress.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) -- Notes to the Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
The day before yesterday, she asked me if there existed a dictionary of low-Latin!
Two banks of the Seine
Fernand Vandrem
Littr derives corve from the Low-Latin corrogata, from the Latin cum and rogare.
Human Intercourse
Philip Gilbert Hamerton
The old low-Latin term for the noonday meal was merenda, which suggests the idea of food to be earned before it was enjoyed.
Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine
William Carew Hazlitt

British Dictionary definitions for low latin

Low Latin

noun

any form or dialect of Latin other than the classical, such as Vulgar or Medieval Latin

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