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‖ tanti|ˈtæntaɪ|
[L. tantī ‘of so much (value)’, gen. of tantum, neut. of tantus so much.]
Of so much value, worth so much; worth while. Formerly also as an exclamation of contempt or depreciation: So much for{ddd}!
1590Marlowe Edw. II, i. i, Tanti; I'll fawn first on the wind That glanceth at my lips, and flieth away. 1633J. Fisher Fuimus Troes iii. vii. F iij, No kingly menace or censorious frowne Doe I regard. Tanti for all your power! 1639T. Lechford Note-Bk. (1885) 89 If the State & the Elders thinke that the matters I treate on are not tanti or that they are just occasion of Disturbance. a1640Day Parl. Bees Prol., That slights your errant or his art that penn'd it, Cry Tanti: bid him kisse his Muse and mend it. 1757Warburton Let. to Garrick 25 Jan., in Garrick's Corr. (1831) I. 78 Is it tanti to kill yourself, in order to leave a vast deal of money to your heirs? 1888Athenæum 29 Sept. 415/2 Was it quite tanti to write a fresh small monograph so soon after Mr. Froude's ‘Bunyan’. |