facile princeps

[ fah-ki-le pring-keps; English fas-uh-lee prin-seps ]

Latin.

1. easily the first or best.

facile princeps

/ ˈfæsɪlɪ ˈprɪnsɛps /

noun

1. an obvious leader

Word History and Origins

Origin of facile princeps¹

literally: easily first

Example Sentences

Indeed, Chopin even found fault with the master where he is universally regarded as facile princeps.

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He belonged to the literary class of which, perhaps, Southey may be regarded as facile princeps.

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The man does not live who to-day can be considered facile princeps in more than a few departments of medicine.

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"The Comet of 1811" has, as nucleus, the facile princeps of his age.

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But, on the whole, Melbourne is facile princeps in shops as in everything that may be said to enter into the ladies' department.

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