dixi

English

Etymology

From Latin dixi (“I have spoken.”)

Interjection

dixi

  1. An utterance signifying the end of a speech.
    • 1912, Constance Garnett (translating Dostoevsky), The Brothers Karamazov, Part II, Book V, Chapter 5:
      "For if anyone has ever deserved our fires, it is Thou. To-morrow I shall burn Thee. Dixi."

Latin

Verb

dīxī

  1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of dīcō
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