caveat emptor
phraseEtymology
Latin for “buyer beware”; from Latin caveat (“may he / she / subject-noun beware”), the third-person subjunctive of caveō (“to beware”) + ēmptor (“buyer”).
Definitions
Used as a warning to anyone purchasing something that there may be unforeseen problems or…
Used as a warning to anyone purchasing something that there may be unforeseen problems or faults with the item that is purchased.
A provision of Roman law which gave the seller of a house the legal right to keep quiet…
A provision of Roman law which gave the seller of a house the legal right to keep quiet about any defects of the house.
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Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for caveat emptor. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA