English Explanatory Dictionary

cum grano salis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. With a grain of salt; with a bit of common sense and skepticism.

Word forms

cum grano salis

Etymology

A New Latin coinage, derived from the phrase cum grānō salis (which was not used in Classical Latin).

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