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circa, prep. and adv.|ˈsɜːkə|
[L.]
Around, round about, about. The prep. is often used in Eng. with dates, as circa 1400 (c 1400); it sometimes occurs in comb., as circa-continental adj., etc. Also as n., an instance of this.
1861National Rev. Oct. 307 A curious photograph of a rustic family at work, circa 1390. 1874in Geol. Mag. XI. 33 Confined to these circa-continental bands. 1898Saintsbury Short Hist. Eng. Lit. 314 All the more careful..accounts..mark the earliest play-dates..with a tell-tale circa. |