Meaning of cumprimis | Babel Free
Definitions
- first, first of all, before all others, better than all others
- with the foremost, especially, particularly
Examples
“eradicare est certum cumprimis patrem, post id locorum matrem”
I’m resolved to root out my father first and then my mother
“1719, William Musgrave, Antiquitates Britanno-Belgicae..., Vol. I, Cap. XII, § I”
The first [statue] displays Venus... Received into Heaven, she presided over all things related to Whoring, which she was thought to understand before all others...
“Sed cumprimis mirandum est, quod ea, quae minime videri volunt nescire”
But what is particularly remarkable, the very things that they least want to seem ignorant of are the ones they refuse to learn
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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