Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vi et armis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables: vi et armis
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

By force, violently; specifically, causing damage to a person or property.

Example Sentences

"Crabtree […] was so much incensed at his breach of punctuality, that he ordered him to be denied; and when the young gentleman forced his entrance into his chamber, vi & armis, would not open his mouth; but assuming the most grim contraction of his countenance, sat in sullen silence […]."
"The young barrister had brought a couple of dogs with him; and the country gentleman […] laughed aloud at the two miserable curs, one of which had followed Robert Audley through Chancery Lane, and half the length of Holborn; while his companion had been taken by the barrister vi et armis from a coster-monger who was ill-using him."
"It was current in the nursery that he was a black man who expelled us vi et armis."

Etymology

From Latin vi et armis (“with force and arms”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: vi

Questions

What does vi et armis mean?: By force, violently; specifically, causing damage to a person or property.
Where does vi et armis come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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