Anglice

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/ˈæŋ.ɡlɪ.siː/

adverb

In the English language; in plain English.

“Botticelli was born in the city of Firenze, Anglice Florence.”

Scrabble 10

Meanings

adverbAnglice (not comparable)

alternative Anglicé · alternative Anglicè

  1. not comparableIn the English language; in plain English.

    Botticelli was born in the city of Firenze, Anglice Florence.

    1 more example

    An old gin (Anglice, black woman) said that in the interior - as far as she could explain it, about 200 miles S.S.W. from the head of the river - there were two large lagoons where a very old white man had been camped for years, waited upon by two old black gins.

    1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 333

Origin

  1. LatinAnglicē
  2. LatinAnglicē
  3. EnglishAnglice

Borrowed from Latin Anglicē.

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APA

Anglice. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Anglice

MLA

“Anglice.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Anglice. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Anglice,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Anglice.

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