29. expediency
Published in
Mar 28, 2022
“for the sake of convenience…”
(27 March 2022)
definition
expediency [/ikˈspēdēənsē/]
noun. convenience
extended definition
- the quality of being convenient or practical, sometimes despite being improper or immoral
etymology
Latin: ex- “out” + pedis “fetters (chains for feet)” (related to pes “foot”) → expediens “beneficial” (present participle of expedire “to extricate, liberate,” literally “to free the feet from chains” → Late Latin expedientia → Old French expedience → mid-15c. “advantage, benefit”
references
- definitions from Oxford Languages via Google’s English Dictionary
- etymology (word origin information) from Online Etymology Dictionary (“etymonline”)
- see also: my favorite Latin dictionary, William Whitaker’s Words
