absit omen
intj/ˈæb.sɪt ˈoʊ.mn̩/US
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin absit omen (“may what is said not come true”, literally “may omen be absent”).
- borrowed from absit omen
Definitions
May what is said not come true.
- Now it was very obvious we should require a much stronger Navy in the event of war, say with France and Russia—absit omen—if we were obliged to maintain our flag in the Mediterranean, than if we were to withdraw from the Mediterranean.
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