vulgus
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The following nouns in -us are Neuter:— pelagus, sea; vīrus, poison; vulgus, crowd.
From New Latin Grammar by Charles E. (Charles Edwin) Bennett
Originally derived from "vulgus," the crowd, it meant that roughness of language and manner which is found among the less educated.
From History of English Humour, Vol. 2 by Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange
Odi profanum vulgus, et arceo, is the only law; while we are a chemical solution, our architecture is only a mechanical one.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 by Various
He gave her his arm, and they vanished from the eyes of the ignobile vulgus.
From One Year Abroad by Blanche Willis Howard
More of a concio ad vulgus than the former, it shows a pretty obvious endeavour to soften and popularise, without unduly vulgarising, the academic tone of the earlier work.
From Matthew Arnold by George Saintsbury
