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toto caelo

UK/ˈtəʊtəʊˈsiːləʊ/

toto caelo adverb: by diametrical opposition, as far apart as possible.

Adverb

toto caelo (not comparable)

  1. By diametrical opposition, as far apart as possible.
    • All which three, viz. Things as they are in themselves knowable; Actions as they depend on us, in order to Happiness; and the right use of Signs in order to Knowledge, being toto cælo different, they seemed to me to be the three great Provinces of the intellectual World, wholly separate and...1689, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, London: Thomas Basset, Book 4, Chapter 20, p. 362
    • The Ingævones, according to Pliny’s own account, were the Chauci, &c. who were all on the west, not the east, so that he errs toto cælo.1789, John Pinkerton, An Enquiry into the History of Scotland Preceding the Reign of Malcolm III. or the Year 1056, London: George Nicol, Volume 2, Appendix, p. 204

Forms of toto caelo

alternative formtoto cælo

Origin of toto caelo

From Latin tōto (“whole, all”) + caelō (“heaven”), literally “by the whole [extent] of heaven”.

Questions about toto caelo

What does toto caelo mean?
Toto caelo means by diametrical opposition, as far apart as possible.
What part of speech is toto caelo?
Toto caelo is an adverb.
How do you pronounce toto caelo?
Toto caelo is pronounced /ˈtəʊtəʊˈsiːləʊ/ (UK).

Words near toto caelo in the dictionary

  1. Totman
  2. Totmans
  3. Totnes
  4. Totnes Valley
  5. toto
  6. toto caelo
  7. toto genere
  8. totoaba
  9. totoabas
  10. totok
  11. Totomian

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