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nil admirari
[ neel ahd-mee-rah-ree; English nil ad-mi-rair-ahy, -rair-ee ]
- to wonder at nothing.
Example Sentences
His advice is to subdue all violent emotion of fear or desire; to estimate all things calmly—“nil admirari”; to choose the mean between a high and low estate; and to find one’s happiness in plain living rather than in luxurious indulgence.
In the eye of the higher intelligence, on the other hand, the nil admirari is spread out like the monotony of the cloudless sky.
He is not afraid to start and stare; his state of mind is exactly opposed to the high dignity of the nil admirari.
That which struck me most forcibly during my first half-year, and my acquaintance with Snipson and Brag, was this “nil admirari” style.
There appeared the tall military form of old Syme, alias Timothy Tickler, with his pithy monosyllables, and determined nil admirari bearing.
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