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Stiʹlo Noʹvo

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New-fangled notions. When the calendar was reformed by Pope Gregory XIII. (1582), letters used to be dated stilo novo, which grew in time to be a cant phrase for any innovation.

“And so I leave you to your stilo novo.”


Beaumont and Fletcher.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Stiff
Stigmata
Stigmatise
Stigmites, or St. Stephen’s Stones
Stiletto of the Storm (The)
Still
Still Sow
Still Waters Run Deep
Stilling (John Henry)
Stilo Novo
Stimulants of Great Men
Stinkomalee
Stipulate
“Stir Up” Sunday
Stirrup (A)
Stirrup Cup
Stirrup-Oil
Stiver
Stock
Stock Exchange Slang