vox et praeterea nihil

American  

[wohks et prahy-te-re-ah ni-hil, voks et pri-teer-ee-uh nahy-hil] / ˈwoʊks ɛt praɪˈtɛ rɛˌɑ ˈnɪ hɪl, ˈvɒks ɛt prɪˈtɪər i ə ˈnaɪ hɪl /

Latin.

1. a voice and nothing more.

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Example Sentences

To her unspeakable amazement and dismay, she finds that the great orator is vox, et praeterea nihil.

From Essays on Russian Novelists by Phelps, William Lyon

Who ever heard, indeed, of commotion such as this is pretended to have been, and its ending in vox et praeterea nihil?

From The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic by Rogers, Henry

Yet this man, as far as virtue went, was vox et praeterea nihil.

From Venetian Life by Howells, William Dean

It is not to Vico or Wolfe that we refer, when we say that Homer is vox et praeterea nihil; as musical as the nightingale, and as invisible….

From Famous Reviews by Johnson, R. Brimley

Old Mr. Wesley had once dismissed him contemptuously as vox et praeterea nihil: but disembodied thus, almost a thing celestial, yet subtly recalling home to her and ties renounced, the voice shook Hetty's soul.

From Hetty Wesley by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir