hiccius doctius

noun

A juggler.

OriginLatin hic est doctus →
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Meanings

noun
  1. obsoleteslangA juggler.

    Play fast and loose; make men obnoxious, / And clear again, like Hiccius Doctius.

    c. 1660–1680, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, part III, canto III

Origin

  1. Latinhic est doctus“this is a learned man”
  2. Englishhiccius doctius

Corrupted from Latin hic est doctus (“this is a learned man”).

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