holus-bolus

English

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly of Ancient Greek origin, from ὅλος (“whole”) and βόλος (“a throw with a casting net”), or βῶλος (“lump”). May have been Latinized (i.e., -us ending as in masculine singular in Latin, as opposed to -os ending for masculine singular in Greek).

Adverb

holus-bolus (not comparable)

1. All together; entirely; without modification.

   to accept a story holus-bolus.

Translations

all together, unmodified

Czech: vcelku (cs)

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