As n. Also plural etceteras n. The phrase as a name for itself. Also attributive, as in Etcetera Oath, a form of oath which the convocation of…

Rhetoric. ‘A pregnant sentence‥borrowed from some other author, and worked out by certain rules’ (Liddell and Scott).

a phrase or expression typical of or likely to be heard at an inn (sense 2a(a)).

A ‘sentiment’ or phrase used in hob-nobbing.

In Pitman's shorthand: a phrase for which there is a phraseogram. Also more generally: a symbol that represents a phrase.

A thing which snaps or produces a sharp cracking sound. U.S. A word, sentence, verse, etc., used as a finishing touch or wind-up. Also attributive…

Humiliating, self-depreciating, that humiliates or tends to humble; also as n., a humble expression. (Opposed to honorific.)

Linguistics. = substitution frame n. at substitution, n. compounds.