huiusmodi

Latin

Alternative forms

• huius modī
• huiuscemodī

Etymology

Univerbation of huius +‎ modī, literally “of this kind, manner”.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hui̯ˈi̯us.mo.diː/, [hʊi̯ˈi̯ʊs̠mɔd̪iː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /uˈjus.mo.di/, [uˈjuzmod̪i]

Adverb

huiusmodī (not comparable)

1. Of this kind, such
2. likewise, the like

   ...per servicium reddendi nobis cultellos, vel sagittas, vel hujusmodi.

   ...for the service of providing the King knives, arrows, or the like. (Magna Carta, Articles, section 27; 1225, section 27)

References

• “huiusmodi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press