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Solatium (A)

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A recompense: a sop; a solace. (Latin, solātium.)

“It may be that Mr. Elden will be persuaded to take one, by way of solatium for his defeat in Somersetshire.”—Newspaper paragraph, December, 1885.

 

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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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Softy
Soho!
Soi-disant (French)
Soil
Soil the Milk before Using It
Sojourn
Sol (Latin)
Sol-fa
Solan Goose
Solano
Solatium (A)
Soldan or Sowdan
Soldats (Des)
Soldier
Soldier’s Heart
Soldiers Battles (The)
Soldiers of Fortune
Soldiering
Solecism
Solemn
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