utile

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From Middle French utile, from Old French utele, from Latin ūtilis.

utile dulci--the useful with the pleasant. — The Martian: A Novel, George Du Maurier
14] “Ne utile quidem est scire quid futurum sit; miserum est enim, nihil proficientem angi,” [“It is useless to know what shall come to pass; it is a miserable thing to be tormented to no purpose.” --Cicero, De Natura Deor., iii. — Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete, Michel de Montaigne
Appearances appear to form the joint On which it hinges in a higher station; And so that no explosion cry ‘Aroint Thee, witch!’ or each Medea has her Jason; Or (to the point with Horace and with Pulci) ‘Omne tulit punctum, quae miscuit utile dulci.’ I can’t exactly trace their rule of right, Which hath a little leaning to a lottery. — Don Juan, George Gordon Byron, Baron Byron

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