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‖ ad captandum (vulgus), a. and advb. phr.|æd kæpˈtændəm (ˈvʌlgəs)|
[L. ad for + captandum neuter of the gerundive of captāre to entice, allure.]
(Calculated) to take the fancy of (the crowd).
1762Smollett Sir L. Greaves I. x. 201 These paltry tricks, ad captandum vulgus, can have no effect but on ideots. 1837Dickens Pickw. x. 95 Such an ad captandum argument, as the offer of half a guinea. 1882W. James Let. 8 Jan. in R. B. Perry Tht. & Char. of W. J. (1935) I. 737 Arguments which I cared little about..were used merely on account of their availability and ad captandum power. 1926R. Fry Transformations 112 How considerable an artist lies hidden behind that ad captandum sentimentality. 1931― in W. Rose Outl. Mod. Knowl. 961 But vulgar and ad captandum as his art was, he [sc. Caravaggio] had a touch of genius. |