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‖ tertius gaudens|ˈtɜːʃɪəs ˈgaʊdɛnz|
[L., f. tertius third + gaudens, pres. ppl. of gaudere to rejoice.]
A third party that benefits by the conflict or estrangement of two others.
1892tr. Bismarck in Ann. Reg. 1891 284, I should like to interfere in such cases, like a parish beadle bringing peace, and prove that the tertius gaudens is the worst enemy. 1933G. Arthur Septuagenarian's Scrap Bk. 39 Having ascertained from M. Bompard..that France would flatly refuse..to be a tertius gaudens with Germany and Russia. 1957R. K. Merton Social Theory (rev. ed.) ii. ix. 376 The occupant of the status..can become cast in the role of the tertius gaudens. 1974‘M. Innes’ Mysterious Commission xix. 170 He saw himself as a kind of third force—or even as what the learned would call a tertius gaudens, meaning a chap who nips in and does both contending sides down. 1980D. Newsome On Edge of Paradise v. 160 It would be better for them both to withdraw to allow the election of a tertius gaudens. |