Scilicet is a rare adverb, primarily used in legal proceedings, meaning "that is to say" or "to wit." It comes from the Latin "scire" (to know) and "licet" (it is permitted).
Scilicet es un adverbio raro, utilizado principalmente en procedimientos legales, que significa "es decir" o "a saber". Proviene del latín "scire" (saber) y "licet" (está permitido).
| Word | scilicet |
|---|---|
| Date | March 11, 2018 |
| Type | adverb |
| Syllables | SKEE-lih-ket |
| Etymology | Scilicet is a rare word that most often occurs in legal proceedings and instruments. It is from Latin scire ("to know") and licet ("it is permitted"), which is also a root of videlicet—a synonym of scilicet. Licet, in turn, descends from the Latin verb licēre, which means "to be permitted" and is the ultimate source of the English words leisure, by way of the Anglo-French leisir ("to be permitted"), and license, which comes to us through Anglo-French from the Latin licens, the present participle of licēre. Scire has also made other contributions to English, giving us such words as conscience, conscious, and science. |
| Examples | The organization's charter clearly states that "any changes to the structure of the organization's meetings must be unanimously approved by the executive board, scilicet, the chair and the board's six other members." "Their objection—they claimed—was to the parcelling out of the top state jobs among the political (scilicet: the other political) parties." — The Economist, 13 Jan. 1979 |
| Definition | : that is to say : to wit, namely |
Tags: wordoftheday::adverb
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