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absit invidia

absit invidia phrase: literally, "may envy be lacking (from my words)".

Phrase

absit invidia

  1. Literally, "may envy be lacking (from my words)".
    • 1656 (N.S.), George Davenport, The Letters of George Davenport, 1651-1677 2011 publication
      I long as old Eli did (verbo absit invidia) to hear what is become of the ark; but fear I shall not hear what I desire, and my answer shall be with the daughter in law translata est gloria Dei de—.
      Comment...
    • What most evidently prevailed, absit invidia, and what betrayed her into all the Chesterfieldian indecorums of laughter, was his addressing her in Irish.1778, Thomas Campbell, “Letter XXXI”, in A Philosophical Survey of the South of Ireland: In a Series of Letters to John Watkinson, M.D., page 291

Forms of absit invidia

alternative formabsit invidia verbo
alternative formverbo absit invidia

Origin of absit invidia

From Latin. As found, for example, in Livy, Ab Urbe Condita Book IX, Chapter 19, line 15.

Questions about absit invidia

What does absit invidia mean?
Absit invidia means literally, "may envy be lacking (from my words)".
What part of speech is absit invidia?
Absit invidia is a phrase.

Words near absit invidia in the dictionary

  1. absistence
  2. absistences
  3. absisting
  4. absists
  5. absit
  6. absit invidia
  7. absit omen
  8. absite
  9. absitively
  10. absitively posilutely
  11. absitively posolutely

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