quantum sufficit
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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He had just "quantum sufficit" for this purpose, and none to spare.
From Ellen Walton The Villain and His Victims by Alvin Addison
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
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.
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
Caused by a dearth of scandal, should the vapours Distress our fair ones—let them read the papers; Their powerful mixtures such disorders hit; Crave what you will—there's quantum sufficit.
From School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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