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‖ absit omen|ˈæbsɪt ˈəʊmən|
[L., may this omen be absent., i.e. void.]
May no ominous significance attach to the words.
1594James VI of Scotland Let. 5 June in Lett. Eliz. & Jas. VI (Camden Soc., 1849) 107 Quhich shall neuer be, except ye constraine me unto it, but absit omen. 1854Thackeray Newcomes II. xxvi. 292 Absit omen! I will say again. I like not the going down of yonder little yacht. 1886Athenæum 20 Feb. 260/1 He says that if the Queen herself were to shoot Mr. Gladstone through the head (absit omen!) no court in England could take cognizance of the act. 1944A. L. Rowse English Spirit xxix. 209 We lost the American Colonies, and had to redeem the situation by a twenty-year struggle with Revolutionary and Napoleonic France. Absit omen! |