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Definition of Ad libitum
1. Adverb. Without advance preparation. "He spoke ad lib"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ad Libitum
Literary usage of Ad libitum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"This was made up somewhat ad libitum, as the critic Menéndez y Pelayo has pointed
out; yet, in default of a better edition, it still remains authoritative, ..."
2. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"... 60% ad libitum thereafter 80% ad libitum 23.8 (723) for l2 weeks ... ad libitum
thereafter Mean Survival Time for Females in Months (days) 28.7 (872) ..."
3. Letters of Celia Thaxter by Celia Thaxter (1895)
"Do give my very best budget of regards and remembrances and love to John, and
kisses, ad libitum, to the children. Ever your affectionate CELIA. ..."
4. A Memoir of James Jackson, Jr., M.D.: With Extracts from His Letters to His by James Jackson (1835)
"... are to be taken ad libitum, only the quantity to be used in one day is limited.
An enema is understood to mean an enema of the infusion of flaxseed, ..."
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