because that at the playing of every Trick, he used to say,Hocus pocus, tontus tabantus, vade celeriter jubeo,a dark composure of words, to blinde the eyes of the beholders, to make his Trick pass the more currantly without discovery. [Thomas Ady, "A Candle in the Dark," 1655]...
hocus-pocus(interj.) magical formula used in conjuring, 1630s, earlierHocas Pocas, common name of a magician or juggler (1620s); a sham-Latin invocation used by jugglers, perhaps based on a perversion of the sacramental blessing from the Mass,Hoc est corpus meum"This is my body." The ...
写在读完verbal advantage后,我与词根词源 Etymology—Another Implementation of Vocabulary 单词是坎。英文不懂,多半是单词不懂。学(不用“背”字)单词,难,意义难,用法难,数量更让人难。词根法就是管理复杂度的方法(我不想说它是“捷径”,但却有点忍不住想说“正确的方法”)。仅考虑被动单词量,记单词,即训...
Popular sovereignty, inU. S. hist., the theory that the right to decide whether slavery should exist in a territory rested with the people of that territory, and not with Congress. It was advocated especially by Democrats during the period 1847-61, and its leading champion was Douglas. It ...
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Latin, neuter accusative ofhic"this." Trends ofhoc Sharehoc ‘cite’ https://www.etymonline.com/word/hoc Etymology of hoc by etymonline Harper, D. (n.d.). Etymology of hoc. Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved January 31, 2025, from https://www.etymonline.com/word/hoc Harper Douglas...
1847, "false cheap material," perhaps an alteration of hocus-pocus, or from the nonsense chorus and title of a comic song (Hokey Pokey Whankey Fong) that was popular c. 1830. Applied especially to cheap ice cream sold by street vendors (1884). In Philadelphia, and perhaps other places,...
ball game played with a curved stick or club, 1527, implied in a document from Ireland ("The horlinge of the litill balle with hockie stickes or staves ..."), of unknown origin. Perhaps related to Frenchhoquet"shepherd's staff, crook," diminutive of Old Frenchhoc"hook." The hooked ...
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one drawn downward in expression of sadness or solemnity, is from 1786.Long in the tooth(1841 of persons) is from horses showing age by recession of gums (but not in this sense until 1870).Long knives, name Native Americans gave to white settlers (originally in Virginia/Kentucky) is from...