Thomas R. Wier scripsit:
> In linguistic terminology, yes. That does not ensure that everyone
> will immediately recognize it, however. (I have a professor who's
> very fond of the word "desideratum/a", but at first only those of us
> in his class with a classical education understood what he was talking
> about.)
Actually, I think the pl. if not the sg. is fairly well known
at least from the well-known wall poster of that name ("Go placidly
amid the noise & haste" etc.)
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