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Meaning of nullius in verba | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C1

Definitions

take nobody's word for anything (literally: "in no one's word"): the motto of the Royal Society.

Examples

“Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri, Quo me cunque rapit tempestas, deferor hospes. Not being bound to swear or speak according to the dictates of any master; wherever the tempest drives, I become a guest.”

Or, as paraphrased by Pope : Sworn to no master, of no sect am I ; As drives the storm, at any door I knock, And house with Montaigne now, or now with Locke. (please add an English translation of this quotation)

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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