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‖ solus, a.|ˈsəʊləs|
[L. sōlus alone.]
1. Of male persons:
a. Alone, by oneself.
In older use esp. in stage-directions.
1599Shakes. Hen. V, ii. i. 48 Will you shogge off? I would haue you solus. 16051st Pt. Jeronimo iii. ii, Enter Ieronimo solus. 1676Shadwell Libertine 11, Jacomo solus. 1711Addison Spectator No. 29 ⁋1 The Famous Blunder in an old Play of Enter a King and two Fidlers Solus. 1775Sheridan Rivals iii. ii, Julia's Dressing-room. Faulkland solus. 1829Marryat F. Mildmay iii, My meals were sent to me, and I took them solus on my chest. 1852Mundy Antipodes (1857) 35 A solvent looking gentleman, solus in a buggy. 1878H. S. Leigh Town Garland 140 It is only when solus, away from the throng, That I've hypochondrical fits.
b. solus cum sola [L.]: alone with an unchaperoned woman; solus cum solo [lit. ‘alone with (oneself) alone’]: all on one's own.
1611Coryat Crudities 404 They sing merily together, but especially that sweet & most amorous song of solus cum solâ. 1700Dryden Fables 226 Stretching his Neck, and warbling in his Throat, Solus cum Sola, then was all his Note. 1742R. North Life of Francis North, Ld. Guilford 242 But he was in the midst of all the court, solus cum solo, alone by himself. 1818Lady Morgan Florence Macarthy II. iv. 202, I shall have the honour to drink your ladyship's health, solus cum solo. 1831[see chaperonless a.]. 1940H. H. Henson Jrnl. 24 Mar. in Retrospect (1950) III. ii. 88 In the afternoon I had tea with Mrs. Carnegie solus cum sola.
2. Of females: = sola a. 1.
1749Johnson Irene v. i. stage-direct., Aspasia, solus. 1844W. Irving Life & Lett. (1866) III. 353 This must be the hardest task, for so young a creature, to have to play the Queen solus. 1882B. M. Croker Proper Pride I. ii. 13 Mounted on her chestnut pony she would..scour solus round the fields.
3. Of things.
a. Advertising. Of an advertisement: that stands alone; sometimes, that deals with one item (e.g. one book) only. Also, pertaining to such advertisements. Also transf. and absol.
1937Partridge Dict. Slang 800/1 Solus, an advertisement on a page containing no other advertisement. 1952Economist 5 Apr. 18/2 The advertiser would no doubt be charged varying rates equivalent to ‘solus position’. 1958Times Lit. Suppl. 5 Dec. 699/1 Within four days of publication The Middle Age of Mrs. Eliot had received solus feature reviews in The Observer, The Sunday Times, [etc.]. 1974Bookseller 4 May 2154 (Advt.), Massive promotion. 10 giant solus advertisements in the National Press. 1980Financial Rev. (Sydney) 18 Apr. 42/3 Rod Muir's station does have a rate card which concentrates on selling solus spots— 60 seconds to two minutes. Mr Muir thinks radio has lost a lot of its effectiveness with the clutter of 30 second ads.
b. Comm. Of an outlet for the sale of oil and petrol: that sells the products of one company only. Also, of or pertaining to such an arrangement.
1957Economist 7 Dec. 836/2 Whether a solus site offering three grades of one brand of petrol provides less choice than a mixed site offering three brands of the same grade is a question for chemists and advertising men to answer. 1958Spectator 11 July 62/3 The Government had struck a blow against monopoly..by banning ‘solus’ petrol stations from the new motorways. 1965Economist 7 Aug. 542/1 The major companies selling petrol in Britain have been sure for many months now that the Monopolies Commission would not find the ‘solus’ or ‘tied garage’ system, in itself, to be against the public interest. 1976Drive Jan.–Feb. 10/1 One of the busiest solus sites (where only one brand of petrol is sold) in the country. |