vestra culpa
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The exponents of guilt routinely exempt themselves from their accusations; they do not speak of mea culpa but of nostra culpa, or rather vestra culpa."
- "No doubt it is the natural prejudice of an Englishman (unless he belongs to the modern school of historians who like to beat their forefathers’ breasts with the cry Vestra culpa!) to believe in the benefit to our colonies of British institutions."
- "Your reasoning, p’raps, was theological, / When apostolicum near ground to halt. / But I believe it quite illogical, / Nay – vestra culpa! – ’twas a grievous fault."
- "The failure of Lucky Lady was somehow greater than most. The Huycks [films by Willard Huyck] were so accustomed to success […] that Gloria [Katz] was reported in the LA Times as saying that the movie was badly directed, Stanley [Donen] had bungled their script, and all the usual vestra culpa stuff that cornered spoilt shits come out with."
- "When I posted the blog link, I Tweeted “Where I shoot down (kinda’) daily devotional reading for most (not all) young adults.” […] Many people read it as if the parenthetical caveats didn’t exist. Perception is reality. Mea culpa. As far as I can tell, some folks also reacted solely to that Tweet and not much in the blog post. Vestra culpa."
- "Vestra culpa / IRRLÆUFER – Inspired by the great artists of the time and by the human desire for cruelty, works are created that address current themes in the guise of ancient lines."
Etymology
Learned borrowing from the Latin phrase vestrā culpā (“through your (plural) fault”), ablative case of vestra culpa (“your fault, guilt”), used in English by analogy with mea culpa and nostra culpa.