noun
Meaning 1
An authority on manners or etiquette.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Phrase guide
arbiter elegantiarum
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History
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin arbiter (“judge”, noun) + Latin ēlegantiārum (“of elegance”, noun form) (genitive plural of ēlegantia); originally applied to Petronius in the court of Nero.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: makutuomari — authority on manners or etiquette
- Latin: arbiter ēlegantiārum — authority on manners or etiquette
- Polish: arbiter elegantiarum — authority on manners or etiquette
- Portuguese: árbitro da elegância — authority on manners or etiquette
- Tamil: சுவை நயத்தீர்ப்பாளர் (cuvai nayattīrppāḷar) — authority on manners or etiquette