The Only Use of
caveat
in
Gone with the Wind
- Rhett suggested "Caveat Emptorium," assuring her that it would be a title most in keeping with the type of goods sold in the store.†
Chpt 5.49
Definition:
a warning or qualification of a more general statement
Sometimes use as part of a Latin phase such as:
- "caveat emptor" -- let the buyer beware
- "caveat venditor" -- let the seller beware
- "caveat lector" -- let the reader beware