#7, "ist dies hier ein Wörterbuch für modernes Englisch": Das wäre sehr schade. Dann müßte man alle Einträge, die als "veraltet" oder "obsolet" gekennzeichnet sind, aber schleunigst entfernen.
Um die unnötige Diskussion zu beenden: Es genügt ja, wenn dieser Forumseintrag vorhanden ist. Das hilft vielleicht manchem Leser, der über diese Variante stolpert, schon.
Definitions from The Online Plain Text English Dictionary:
Et caetera
() Others of the like kind; and the rest; and so on; -- used to point out that other things which could be mentioned are to be understood. Usually abbreviated into etc. or &c. (&c).
OPTED is a public domain English word list dictionary, based on the public domain portion of "The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary" which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. (See Project Gutenburg.)
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http://www.onelook.com/?other=web1913&w=Et%20...Et cetera \Et` cet"e*ra\, Et caetera \Et` c[ae]t"e*ra\ . [L. et
and + caetera other things.]
Others of the like kind; and the rest; and so on; -- used to
point out that other things which could be mentioned are to
be understood. Usually abbreviated into etc. or &c. (&c.)
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
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http://www.freedictionary.org/?Query=et%20caetera