ad rem
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin ad rem (“pertinent, relevant”), from ad (“to”) + rem, accusative of res (“matter”).
Adjective[edit]
ad rem (not comparable)
- Pertinent; relevant.
Adverb[edit]
ad rem (not comparable)
- Pertinently; to the purpose.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:, New York Review of Books 2001, p.75:
- To speak ad rem, who is free from passion?
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ad rem/, [äd̪ rɛ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ad rem/, [äd̪ rɛm]
Phrase[edit]
- Pertinent; relevant.