imprimis

[ im-prahy-mis, -pree- ]

/ ɪmˈpraɪ mɪs, -ˈpri- /

in the first place.

Origin of imprimis

1425–75; late Middle English < Latin, contraction of phrase in prīmīs in the first place, above all

Imprimis, that Karslake had been guilty of practising a deception upon her father.

Red Masquerade |Louis Joseph Vance
Imprimis, a broad high forehead, rounded at the top, like an old-fashioned gateway.

A Bold Stroke for a Husband |Hannah Cowley
Imprimis venerare Deos—Before all things reverence the gods.

Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources |James Wood
Imprimis memorandum exemplum quod Anshelmus Boetius de seipso refert, tam mutati Coloris, quam casu preservationis.

Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours (1664) |Robert Boyle

Imprimis, I have not attended a single debate in the House of Commons.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 |Various

imprimis

/ (ɪmˈpraɪmɪs) /

archaic in the first place

C15: from Latin phrase in prīmīs, literally: among the first things