ab extra
English edit
Etymology edit
First attested in the mid 17th century. Learned borrowing from Latin ab extra (literally “from outside”) From Late Latin ab (“from”) extra (“outside”).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
- (law) From outside. [from mid 17th c.][1]
- Sometimes I wonder if this country is being controlled ab extra.
Antonyms edit
References edit
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “ab extra”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4.
- 1999, Ed. Jennifer Speake, The Oxford Essential Dictionary of Foreign Terms in English, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:
- “ab extra”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.