quantum sufficit
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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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 Burke, Edmund
Quant. suff., quantum sufficit, as much as is needful.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various
After due inquiry, and a quantum sufficit of preaching on probation, they decided on giving a call to Parson Brocklebank.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old
Remember, Ned, his brain is made of finer stuff than that stolid sponge inside your pia mater, that can take in quantum sufficit of beer, fog, and tobacco-smoke, unharmed.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 by Various
Of water they require quantum sufficit; of nature's other gift, which cheers and not inebriates—the glorious sunshine—they cannot have too much.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 by Various
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