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View synonyms for vulgus
vulgus
[ vuhl-guhs ]
noun
, plural vul·gus·es
- the common people; masses.
- an exercise in Latin formerly required of English public-school pupils.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of vulgus1
Borrowed into English from Latin around 1680–90
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Example Sentences
That he carried the odi profanum vulgus, et arceo too far cannot for a moment be doubted.
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Turner in 1538 says, "ligustrum arbor est non herba ut literatorū vulgus credit; nihil que minus est quam a Prymerose."
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I said this was a figure of rhetoric, employed by his Lordship ad captandum vulgus.
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Odi profanum vulgus et arceo; hence, ye profane: you would not understand the mighty lesson of the rag tank.
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His work is saturated with that contempt of the profanum vulgus which the profanum vulgus (humanly enough) seldom fails to return.
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