Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- preposition Together with; plus. Often used in combination.
from The Century Dictionary.
- A recent simplified (and dialectal) spelling of
come . - An obsolete spelling of
come .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- preposition with; together with; along with.
- noun vulgar slang same as
semen{2} ; -- also spelledcome .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- preposition Used in indicating a thing with two roles, functions, or natures, or a thing that has changed from one to another.
- conjunction Used in indicating a thing with two or more roles, functions, or natures, or a thing that has changed from one to another.
- noun informal Male
semen . - noun slang Female ejaculatory discharge.
- verb slang To have an
orgasm , to feel the sensation of anorgasm ; toejaculate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Adm. rev. p. F. Lucii Ferraris ... Prompta Bibliotheca canonica, juridica, moralis, theologica ... 1782
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He was what they call a cum laude something or other.
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The word following cum is Cur - and the final letter has a tail on the end, indicating that it has been abbreviated.
03/17/2005 2005
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Many documents were headed in this way - and yours seems to begin View of Frankpledge with (cum is the Latin word) Court Baron.
03/17/2005 2005
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At Holy Cross College, Thomas graduated ninth in his class with an A.B. in English, cum laude in 1971.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Jeffrey Toobin’s The Nine and Justice Thomas: 2007
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I graduated from a Big 10 university with a degree in English, cum laude.
Comic Book Legends Revealed History | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2005
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Cum causal regularly takes the Subjunctive; as, -- quae cum īta sint, _since this is so_; cum sīs mortālis, quae mortālia sunt, cūrā, _since you are mortal, care for what is mortal_.a. Note the phrase cum praesertim (praesertim cum), _especially since; _ as, --
New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett
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Do you think that to win cum summa laude it worth it to relinquish all hopes of debating honors athletic honors and confine oneself to that one pursuit?
oroboros commented on the word cum
let us not forget that this is the latin word for "with"
December 23, 2006