English
ex vi termini
Ex vi termini comes from English terminus ‘word’.
- English1500–presentterminus‘word’
- Englishearliest quotation 1859ex vi termini
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- English1500–presentterminus‘word’
- Englishearliest quotation 1859ex vi termini
Earliest quotation: 1859, John Stuart Mill, On Liberty: “Persons of genius are, ex vi termini, more individual…”
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