English
hiccius doctius
Hiccius doctius comes from Latin hic est doctus ‘this is a learned man’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhic est doctus‘this is a learned man’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1660–1680hiccius doctius
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhic est doctus‘this is a learned man’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1660–1680hiccius doctius
Earliest quotation: c. 1660–1680, Samuel Butler, Hudibras: “Play fast and loose; make men obnoxious, / And…”
The story
Corrupted from Latin hic est doctus (‘this is a learned man’).
Every English word from Latin hic est doctus
Today it means
noun A juggler.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin hic est doctus / hiccius doctius