SAKURAI Masashi <m.saku...@kiwanami.net> writes: > What does '/per-se/' mean ? It means 'as such'
Here is the entry from Merriam Webster Unabriged ,---- | per se | Function: adverb | Etymology: Latin | : by, of, or in itself or oneself or themselves : as such : INDEPENDENTLY, INTRINSICALLY | <a lover of language per se -- W.T.Scott> | <not a scientist per se and so he had none of the inhibitions of the | scientist -- W.L.Howard> | <his manufactory of fireworks was per se a public nuisance -- McDade | vs. City of Chester (Pa.)> | <the mathematician is not interested in the truth, per se, of his | postulates -- Harry Lass> | <money is evil per se and must be apologized for -- Dwight Macdonald> | <natural environment cannot per se cause forms of culture -- | A.L.Kroeber> `---- > Excuse me for asking a trivial word. No worries. No worries. –Rasmus -- Sent from my Emacs
