Word: prorsus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...prurience and lechery in Baby Doll-a judgment delivered in the exercise of a right, but nonetheless one widely criticized as employing a pulpit so powerful that the denunciation amounted to censorship. But a change of climate was taking place, and in 1957 Pope Pius XIIs encyclical Miranda Prorsus (The Remarkable Inventions) suggested that Catholics should be more concerned about encouraging good movies than condemning bad ones...
...Malum!' dixit Pu. 'Nemo prorsus adest...
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