English Explanatory Dictionary

quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. Used to mockingly describe people who seem to use Latin phrases and quotations only to make themselves sound more important or "educated".

Word forms

quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur (literally “whatever is said in Latin seems profound”).

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