quantum sufficit

American  

[kwahn-toom soof-i-kit, kwon-tuhm suhf-uh-sit] / ˈkwɑn tʊm ˈsuf ɪ kɪt, ˈkwɒn təm ˈsʌf ə sɪt /

adverb

Latin.

1. as much as suffices; enough.

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quantum sufficit

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 Moses, Montrose Jonas

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

In days of yore, the gentlemen of the thimble gave us plenty of stay-tape and buckram; the gentlemen of the quill still give us a quantum sufficit of hard words and parenthesis.

From The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Holcroft, Thomas

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

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