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hiccius doccius|ˈhɪkʃɪəs ˈdɒkʃɪəs|
Also 7 Hixius Doxius, Hictius Doctius, Hiccius-Docksius, 8 hiccius-doxius, hicksius doxius, hixious doxious, hiccius-doctius.
[Conjectured to be a corruption of the Lat. phrase hicce est doctus ‘this or here is the learned man’, if not merely a nonsense formula simulating Latin.]
A formula used by jugglers in performing their feats; hence, ‘a cant word for a juggler; one that plays fast and loose’ (J.). Also attrib. or as adj.
1676Shadwell Virtuoso ii. 22, I shall stand here till one of 'em has whipt away my Mistris about business, with a Hixius Doxius. 1678Quacks Acad. 5 All the use you are to make of such Terms, is the same Juglers do of Hictius Doctius and Presto. 1678Butler Hud. iii. iii. 580 An Old dull Sot; wh' had told the Clock..At Westminster, and Hickses Hall, And Hiccius-Docksius play'd in all. 1690Dryden Amphit. v. i, Here is nothing, and here is nothing; and then hiccius doccius, and they are both here again. a1734North Exam. i. iii. (1740) 211 The Author with his Hiccius-doxius Dexterity, can slur this on one Side, by a Word or two. 1794Sporting Mag. III. 163 Our jugglers hixious doxious Shall distance all the Greeks. |