adv
Meaning 1
All together; entirely; without modification.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- to accept a story holus-bolus.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
holus-bolus
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History
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly of Ancient Greek origin, from ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) and βόλος (bólos, “a throw with a casting net”), or βῶλος (bôlos, “lump”). May have been Latinized (i.e., -us ending as in masculine singular in Latin, as opposed to -os ending for masculine singular in Greek).
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: наведнъж (navednǎž) — all together, unmodified
- Czech: vcelku — all together, unmodified
- Italian: in toto — all together, unmodified
- Polish: naraz — all together, unmodified
- Spanish: completamente — all together, unmodified
- Spanish: totalmente — all together, unmodified