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Noli-me-tangere means Alternative form of noli me tangere..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative form of noli me tangere..
After the ſame manner Ariſtolochia together with Cyperus, healeth the ſtinking and illfavored ulcer of the noſe, called Noli-me-tangere.
There was also Mr. Wormwood, the noli-me-tangere of literary lions—an author who sowed his conversation not with flowers but thorns.
Half of the other pictures are Magdalens, Flights into Egypt, Crucifixions, Depositions from the Cross, Pietas, Noli-me-tangeres, or the Sacrifice of Abraham, or martyrdoms of saints, originally painted as altar-pieces, or for the shrines of chapels, and wofully lacking the accompaniments which the artist had in view.
Use noli-me-tangere when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Noli-me-tangere means Alternative form of noli me tangere..
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After the ſame manner Ariſtolochia together with Cyperus, healeth the ſtinking and illfavored ulcer of the noſe, called Noli-me-tangere.
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