videlicet

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Latin, from vide (stem of videre (see)) + licet (it is permissible).

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /vɪ'dɛlɪsɛt/

[edit] Adverb

videlicet (not comparable)

Positive
videlicet

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

  1. That is to say; viz.
    • 1993, Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford:
      My father did speak much of the day he was not speedily to forget, videlicet May Day of 1517, when there was great apprentice rioting against insolent foreigners.