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Etymology

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From Latin , ablative singular of rēs (matter, affair) + infectā, ablative singular feminine of infectus (incomplete).

Adverb

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re infecta (not comparable)

  1. With the matter unfinished or incomplete. [from 16th c.]
    • 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CCXXVII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: [], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: [] S[amuel] Richardson;  [], →OCLC:
      Had Caesar been such a fool, he had never passed the Rubicon. But, after he had passed it, had he retreated, re infecta, intimidated by a senatorial edict, what a pretty figure would he have made in history!
    • 1811, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, letter, June:
      Having hasten'd to the Bankers lo! to my confusion I am come from thence Re infectâ.

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