ad rem

adjective

Pertinent; relevant.

OriginLatin ad rem →
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Meanings

adjectivead rem (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePertinent; relevant.
adverbad rem (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePertinently; to the purpose.

    To speak ad rem, who is free from passion?

    1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York: New York Review Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 75

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
appositeaptgermanepertinentsalientvalid

Origin

  1. Latinad rem“pertinent, relevant”
  2. Englishad rem

Borrowed from Latin ad rem (“pertinent, relevant”), from ad (“to”) + rem, accusative of res (“matter”).

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