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Latin
Etymology
From quantus (“how much”) + -libet (“it is pleasing”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
quantuslibet (feminine quantalibet, neuter quantumlibet or quantunlibet); first/second-declension adjective (without or with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion
- as great as you please
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (without or with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion.
Derived terms
References
- “quantuslibet”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quantuslibet”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quantuslibet in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.