in nuce
Meaning
- (New-Latin, not-comparable) in a nutshell; briefly stated
- (New-Latin, not-comparable) in the embryonic phase; said of something which is just developing or being developed
Concepts
Translations
in een notendop
en resumen
in breve
en deux mots
en poques paraules
kurz zusammengefasst
em poucas palavras kurz und gutPronounced as (IPA)
[ˈɪn ˈnʊ.kɛ]
Etymology
From in + nuce, the ablative singular of nux (“nut”): literally, “in a nut”. Derived from an anecdote in Pliny the Elder, who ascribes to Cicero the claim that the whole Iliad was once written on parchment and enclosed within a nutshell (Naturalis Historia 7.21.85).
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