público

[ poo-bli-koh; Spanish poo-blee-kaw ]

/ ˈpu blɪˌkoʊ; Spanish ˈpu βliˌkɔ /

(especially in Puerto Rico) a taxi that picks up and discharges passengers along a fixed route.

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Search your capacious memory for the meaning of October’s words!

Question 1 of 9

Which Word of the Day from this month means, “an irrational dislike; loathing”?

From American Spanish; Spanish: literally, “public (transportation)”; see public

Quicquid de me fit in publico, nihil mœror; ego in quiete tandem sedeo.
History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century, Volume III|J. H. Merle D'Aubign
La corte muta; in publico non si ragiona di nuove, et chi pure le sa, se le trace.
History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain|William H. Prescott
Bathroom and washstand were supplied by a rusty brass tap, placed, pro bono publico, in the corridor.
From Paris to New York by Land|Harry de Windt
"Publico utilitati cedet jus privatum," he said at last aloud, and opened the book.
The Knight of the Golden Melice|John Turvill Adams

Senatus maestus, tamquam in publico luctu, veste mutata pro eo deprecabatur.
Selections from Viri Romae|Charles Franois L'Homond