Distinguo

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A distinction.

    "We are told that the lady was silenced: yet it could be maintained that Jane Austen has not allowed Bingley to put forward the full strength of his position. He ought to have replied with a distinguo."

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dislexification

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"We are told that the lady was silenced: yet it could be maintained that Jane Austen has not allowed Bingley to put forward the full strength of his position. He ought to have replied with a distinguo."

Etymology

From Latin distinguo (“I distinguish”).

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