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Punctum   Listen
noun
Punctum  n.  A point.
Punctum caecum. (Anat.) Same as Blind spot, under Blind.
Punctum proximum, near point. See under Point.
Punctum remotum, far point. See under Point.
Punctum vegetationis (Bot.), the terminal cell of a stem, or of a leaf bud, from which new growth originates.





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"Punctum" Quotes from Famous Books



... that."—"Should not variety be one of the rules?"—"Certainly, one of the chief; but that is included mostly in the contrasts." I have expressed them all in two verses[140] (after my manner, in very little compass), which are in imitation of Horace's—Omne tulit punctum. Pope.—Spence's Anecdotes. ...
— Flowers and Flower-Gardens • David Lester Richardson
... and was generally styled "Robert Greene, Maister of Artes." Early in life he became, as he tells us, "an author of playes and a penner of love pamphlets." From the titles of some of them, and from his motto, "Omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utile dulci," it is evident that they were intended to be humorous. Thus, his "Euphues" professes to contain "Mirth to purge Melancholy;" his "Quips for an Vpstart Courtier" is "A Quaint Dispute between Velvet-breeches and Cloth-breeches," and his "Notable ...
— History of English Humour, Vol. 1 (of 2) - With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour • Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange


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