Saturday, October 24, 2015

Word of the Day

ibidem
\ih-BEE-dem; English IB-i-duhm, ih-BAHY-duhm, ih-BEE-\

adverb
1. Latin. in the same book, chapter, page, etc.

Quotes
Like bats in caves, there are words which nowadays live almost entirely in the semi-darkness of footnotes. Ibid (short for ibidem) is one, denoting a reference to a work already quoted, a function also performed by op cit (work cited) and its cousin loc cit (much the same).
-- David McKiein, "Step Forward, All Friends of the Footnote," The Guardian, August 21, 1996

Origin
Ibidem came to English in the mid-1600s from the Latin, literally meaning "in the aforementioned place."

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