Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace-book; memoranda or annotations.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete Originally, a book of accounts, so named from the placing of debt and credit in opposition to each other. A collection of notes or commentaries; a commonplace book.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Islam and violence alastair.adversaria » Some Thoughts on Islam and Violence: Atheism and secularism are, in many respects, working with borrowed moral capital when they condemn the violent past of Christendom.
Islam and violence Sam Norton 2006
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"I have acquired a copy of Master Matthias de L'Obel's Stirpium adversaria nova, but when I wish to consult it I am obliged to wait until my husband or my chaplain or my cousin Richard has time to translate for me."
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"I have acquired a copy of Master Matthias de L'Obel's Stirpium adversaria nova, but when I wish to consult it I am obliged to wait until my husband or my chaplain or my cousin Richard has time to translate for me."
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_, 15, 3, § 4: "De Persica adversaria nobis gente progressa."
The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism Franz Cumont
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The Latin translation of Petrus Bertius was literally copied for me by another friend in Holland, Dr.M. Cohen Stuart, from the Scripta adversaria Collationis Hagiensis, Lugd.
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The remaining points which call for notice are little more than dispersed adversaria.
Fielding Dobson, Austin 1883
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The remaining points which call for notice are little more than dispersed adversaria.
Fielding Austin Dobson 1880
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He works at an essay of his own upon Justification, at adversaria on Aristotle's
The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 John Morley 1880
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To prolong these vagrant adversaria would not be difficult.
De Libris: Prose and Verse Austin Dobson 1880
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The remaining points which call for notice are little more than dispersed adversaria.
Fielding 1843
anydelirium commented on the word adversaria
A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes.
March 1, 2008
jmjarmstrong commented on the word adversaria
JM has a collection of adversaria that are most certainly not commonplace.
June 13, 2010
qms commented on the word adversaria
The world grows alarming and scarier;
How fight off impending hysteria?
You tame what you fear
And save what is dear
By penning in neat adversaria.
January 2, 2018