quantum sufficit
Americanadverb
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You have not heard a quantum sufficit to render you competent to give a decisive opinion; besides, you hear with passion and prejudice.
From The Politician Out-Witted by Montrose Jonas Moses
He had just "quantum sufficit" for this purpose, and none to spare.
From Ellen Walton The Villain and His Victims by Alvin Addison
A thirsty man thirsts not for an ocean, but for drink quantum sufficit: give him that and the appetite is gone.
From Moral Philosophy by Joseph Rickaby, S.J.
Will he tell us what dose of dominion is to be the quantum sufficit for her destruction?—for she seems very voracious of the food of her distemper.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
Quant. suff., quantum sufficit, as much as is needful.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various
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