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facile princeps

[ fah-ki-le pring-keps; English fas-uh-lee prin-seps ]

Latin.
  1. easily the first or best.


facile princeps

/ ˈfæsɪlɪ ˈprɪnsɛps /

noun

  1. an obvious leader
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of facile princeps1

literally: easily first
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Example Sentences

Indeed, Chopin even found fault with the master where he is universally regarded as facile princeps.

He belonged to the literary class of which, perhaps, Southey may be regarded as facile princeps.

The man does not live who to-day can be considered facile princeps in more than a few departments of medicine.

"The Comet of 1811" has, as nucleus, the facile princeps of his age.

But, on the whole, Melbourne is facile princeps in shops as in everything that may be said to enter into the ladies' department.

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