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单词 et patati et patata
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et patati et patataphr.

Brit. /eɪ ˌpatətiː ˌeɪ patəˈtɑː/, U.S. /ˌeɪ ˌpædəˈti ˌeɪ ˌpædəˈtɑ/
Forms: 1800s– et patati et patata, 1900s– et patata et patati.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French et patati et patata.
Etymology: < French et patati et patata (1816; also more rarely et patata et patati ), alteration of patati, patata (1809 in this sense; 1727 denoting the sound of a horse galloping), itself a variant of †patatin, patatac (1650 in this sense; compare Middle French patatin, patata (1524 denoting the sound of a horse galloping)), a reduplicative formation imitative of a repeated chattering sound, with insertion of et ‘and’ before each imitative element (compare et cetera et cetera n.).
And so on and so forth; = et cetera n. 1.Frequently used (esp. appended to reported speech) to imply what has gone before is tedious or unnecessarily lengthy.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb] > and so forth
and so forthc1000
or so forth1604
et patati et patata1885
1885 F. C. Philips As in Looking Glass I. xiii. 245 ‘Are there not Nice, Hyères, Cannes..and the rest, for the scrupulous? She must be pigeon-hunting!’ Et patati, et patata.
1904 Sat. Rev. 14 May 619/2 Vanity of actor-managers, intolerable attempts to stifle honest criticism, shall such things be? et patati, et patata.
1929 R. Aldington Death of Hero i. i. 38 ‘We have brought you up to be a God-fearing Christian man..’ et patata et patati.
1990 R. A. Francis et al. tr. J. Ríos Larva (2004) 26 Enough of this pulp and patter, of pat answers and palpable lies, of elusive allusions, of yanging and yammering. Et patati et patata.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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