ad rem

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

ad rem (not comparable)

1. Pertinent; relevant.

Adverb

ad rem (not comparable)

1. Pertinently; to the purpose.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
     , New York Review of Books 2001, p.75:

     To speak ad rem, who is free from passion?

Anagrams

• -derma, Mader, armed, dearm, derma, derma-, dream, m'dear, medar, ramed, redam

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ad rem/, [äd̪ rɛ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ad rem/, [äd̪ rɛm]

Phrase

ad rem

1. Pertinent; relevant.