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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

inter nos en · ADV

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inter nos (“between us”). Cognate with Italian inter nos, French entre nous and Spanish entre nos.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) between ourselves
    • Never could she survive that common loss; / But just suppose that moment should betide, / I only say suppose it—inter nos. / (This should be entre nous, for Julia thought / In French, but then the rhyme would go for naught.) 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, section I: