hic et nuncphr.
At the present time and place; in this particular situation; spatio-temporal nature of a phenomenon (see quot. 1948).
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [adverb]
noweOE
nowtheOE
nughuOE
todayOE
nowthenc1225
orc1275
in presentc1330
in this presentc1330
now by dawec1330
of present1340
presentc1385
nowadays?1387
adaysa1393
nowadaya1393
now on daysa1393
presently?a1425
now of daysc1425
now-o'-daysc1450
at (the) presenta1500
at this presenta1500
nowdaysa1500
currently1579
on the presenta1616
actually1663
nowanights1672
naow1824
at this (or the) present speaking1835
again1837
contemporarily1837
nowdays1850
any more1859
hic et nunc1935
at this moment in time1936
the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [phrase] > here > here and now
here and now1829
hic et nunc1935
1935 Studies in Hist. of Ideas III. 469 One must distinguish between the type or kind of a sign, and its hic et nunc spatio-temporal exemplification.
1948 L. Spitzer Linguistics & Lit. Hist. 14 An explanation of the concrete hic et nunc of a historical phenomenon.
1950 I. Silone in R. Crossman God that Failed 103 A political revolution, hic et nunc.
1966 Listener 20 Oct. 580/1 The presence of God in the world, hic et nunc, at man's level.
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