vulgus
Example Sentences
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She invited him to visit her garden—a sanctuary into which the profanum vulgus were never allowed to penetrate.
From Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century by Adams, W. H. Davenport
And as for those cattle whereof I spake before, Odi profanum vulgus, et arceo, of which I account them, be they never so great, and so I leave them.
From Minor Poems of Michael Drayton by Brett, Cyril
For the next four weeks you will consort with the profanum vulgus in your House Common Room, where I fancy that bridge and other intellectual pursuits are not much cultivated.
From A Knight on Wheels by Hay, Ian
It is from vulgus, the common people, the mob, and means both common and unrefined, but has no relation to indecency.
From Write It Right A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults by Bierce, Ambrose
Some have described it as an ad captandum vulgus use of words, and others have called it rash, and unduly sceptical.
From Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities by Jeans, J. Stephen (James Stephen)
