‖ passim, adv.
(ˈpæsɪm)
[L., = ‘scatteredly’, f. passus spread abroad, scattered; hence ‘here and there, at random, anywhere, everywhere’.]
A Latin word, used chiefly after the name of a book or author, to indicate the occurrence of something in various places throughout the book or writings. Rarely attrib. or quasi-adj.
| 1803 Edin. Rev. July 474 Our readers may find abundance of this..in these volumes, passim. 1821 Byron Juan iii. cxi, I'll prove that such the opinion of the critic is, From Aristotle passim. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 4 Sept. 2/3 In these passim allusions one often ‘nods’. |