Advertisement - Continue reading below

Definition of "noli-me-tangere" []

  • A warning or prohibition against meddling, touching, or interfering. (noun)
  • A representation of Jesus appearing to Mary Magdalen after his resurrection. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "noli-me-tangere" in a sentence
  • "Warren pictures a case of noli-me-tangere, a destructive type of epithelial carcinoma (Fig. 254)."
  • "Warren pictures a case of noli-me-tangere, a destructive type of epithelial carcinoma."
  • "In the damp and shady places of the woods there exists a plant of the same family which, for similar reasons, bears the even more expressive name of _Impatiens noli-me-tangere_, or touch-me-not."
Words like "noli-me-tangere"