vi et armis

English

Etymology

From Latin vi et armis (“with force and arms”).

Adverb

vi et armis (not comparable)

1. By force, violently; specifically, causing damage to a person or property.
   • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:

     Crabtree […] was so much incensed at his breach of punctuality, that he ordered him to be denied; and when the young gentleman forced his entrance into his chamber, vi & armis, would not open his mouth; but assuming the most grim contraction of his countenance, sat in sullen silence […] .

   • 1873, Charlotte Mary Yonge, The Pillars of the House:

     It was current in the nursery that he was a black man who expelled us vi et armis.

Anagrams

• miratives, varietism, vitamiser