passim
adjEtymology Unadapted borrowing from Latin passim (“everywhere, here and there”).
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Rare That occurs at various places throughout a text.
- In these passim allusions one often ‘nods’.1895, J. Marshall, Westminster Gazette, 4, September 2/3:
passim
advUS, UK /ˈpæ.sɪm/
Etymology Unadapted borrowing from Latin passim (“everywhere, here and there”).
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Used in citations to indicate that something, as a word, phrase, or idea, is to be found at many places throughout the work cited; here and there, throughout.
- The sceptics assert [Sext. Emp. adversus Math. lib. viii.], though absurdly, that the origin of all religious worship was derived from the utility of inanimate objects, as the sun and moon, to the support and well-being of mankind. This is also the common reason assigned by historians, for the deification of eminent heroes and legislators [Diod. Sic. passim.].1751, David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals:
- See also Hearings on H.R.8825 before the House Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 70th Cong., 1st Sess., passim (1928).1978, Supreme Court of the United States, F.C.C. v. Pacifica Foundation:
- Related terms
- et passim, sic passim