Monday, June 21, 2010

holus bolus

–adverb
all at once; altogether.
Origin: 
1840–50;  mock-Latin rhyming compound based on phrase wholebolus. See wholebolus

e.g.  Every one of Hegel's sentences renders holus bolus the experience of infinite incomprehension.

2 comments:

  1. If infinite incomprehension has as its counterpart finite comprehension, Hegel’s sentences render holus bolus the experience of dialectics per se.

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