distinguo

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distinguo

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From Latin distinguō (“to distinguish”).

noun distinguos

  1. A distinction. We are told that the lady was silenced: yet it could be maintained that Jane Austen has not allowed Bingley to put forward the full strength of his position. He ought to have replied with a distinguo.

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@misc{distinguo_2026,
  title = {distinguo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/distinguo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}