locus desperatus
/ˌləʊkəs ˌdɛspəˈrɑːtəs/ /ˌlɒkəs ˌdɛspəˈreɪtəs/noun
A corrupted passage, especially one in an ancient text, which defies interpretation.
Origin
Early 18th century; earliest use found in Lewis Theobald (d. 1744), literary editor and writer. From post-classical Latin locus desperatus from classical Latin locus + dēspērātus.
- heuristical
- heuristically
- hevea
- Hevesy, George Charles de
- hew
- hewer
- hewers of wood and drawers of water
- he who hesitates is lost
- he who laughs last laughs longest
- he who lives by the sword dies by the sword
- he who pays the piper calls the tune
- he who sups with the devil should have a long spoon
- Hewlett, William R.
- hex
- hex-
- hexa-
- hexachlorophene
- hexachord
- hexacopter
- hexad
- hexadecapole
- hexadecimal
- hexadecimally
- hexagon
- hexagonal