nonce-wd. [f. Caligula, cognomen of the third Roman Emperor + -ISM.] A mad extravagance such as Caligula committed.
1745. Walpole, Lett. to Mann (ed. 2), II. 103 (D.). Alas! it would be endless to tell you all his Caligulisms.
nonce-wd. [f. Caligula, cognomen of the third Roman Emperor + -ISM.] A mad extravagance such as Caligula committed.
1745. Walpole, Lett. to Mann (ed. 2), II. 103 (D.). Alas! it would be endless to tell you all his Caligulisms.
