persona non grata
/pəˌsəʊnə nɒn ˈɡrɑːtə
/ /pəˌsəʊnə nəʊn ˈɡrɑːtə /noun (plural personae non gratae /ˈɡrɑːtiː/)
An unacceptable or unwelcome person: Nabokov was persona non grata with the regime...
- In 1980, thee couple was declared personae non gratae by the convention, and letters were sent requesting that they not return from their furlough.
- Rumours thickened as they spread and she and her three daughters were practically declared personae non gratae.
Origin
Latin, from persona (see persona) + non 'not' + grata, feminine of gratus 'pleasing'.
Rhymes
- systemic grammar
- systemic linguistics
- systemic risk
- system integration
- system-integrative
- system integrator
- systemise
- systemist
- systemization
- systemize
- systemizer
- systemless
- system operator
- system program
- system programer
- system programmer
- system programming
- systems administrator
- systems analysis
- systems analyst
- systems design
- systems designer
- systems engineer
- systems engineering
- systems integrator