Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

noli-me-tangere

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables: no-li-me--tan-gere
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of noli me tangere.

Example Sentences

"After the ſame manner Ariſtolochia together with Cyperus, healeth the ſtinking and illfavored ulcer of the noſe, called Noli-me-tangere."
"There was also Mr. Wormwood, the noli-me-tangere of literary lions—an author who sowed his conversation not with flowers but thorns."
"Half of the other pictures are Magdalens, Flights into Egypt, Crucifixions, Depositions from the Cross, Pietas, Noli-me-tangeres, or the Sacrifice of Abraham, or martyrdoms of saints, originally painted as altar-pieces, or for the shrines of chapels, and wofully lacking the accompaniments which the artist had in view."

Inflected Forms

noli-me-tangeres (plural)

Questions

What does noli-me-tangere mean?: Alternative form of noli me tangere.

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