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111toothache — The following *charm was collected by M. A. Denham in the north of England in the 1840s (Denham, 1895: 9 10): Peter was sitting on a marble stone And Jesus passed by Peter said, My Lord! My God! How my tooth doth ache! Jesus… …
112circumstances alter cases — 1678 T. RYMER Tragedies of Lost Age 177 There may be circumstances that alter the case, as when there is a sufficient ground of partiality. 1776 W. HEATH Memoirs (1798) 92 Our General reflected for a moment, that as circumstances alter cases, Gen …
113prevention is better than cure — Cf. c 1240 BRACTON De Legibus v. x. melius & utilius [est] in tempore occurrere, quam post causam vulneratam quaerere remedium, it is better and more useful to meet a problem in time than to seek a remedy after the damage is done. 1618 T. ADAMS… …
114prosaic — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having the style of prose. 2) commonplace; unromantic. DERIVATIVES prosaically adverb …
115prosaic — [prō zā′ik] adj. [LL prosaicus < L prosa, PROSE] 1. of or like prose rather than poetry; often, specif., heavy, flat, unimaginative, etc. 2. commonplace, dull and ordinary [prosaic details of everyday life] prosaically adv. prosaicness n …
116prosaic — adj. 1 like prose, lacking poetic beauty. 2 unromantic; dull; commonplace (took a prosaic view of life). Derivatives: prosaically adv. prosaicness n. Etymology: F prosaiumlque or LL prosaicus (as PROSE) …
117pros|i|ly — «PROH zuh lee», adverb. in a prosy manner; prosaically; tediously …
