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Vinony

ab ovo

  1. narrative technique of beginning a story at the beginning of the events
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /æˈboʊˌvoʊ/

adv

Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin ab ōvō (literally “from the egg”).

  1. From the beginning.

    “We should be led too far, nor would it possess sufficient interest for our readers, were we, in this place specially, to discuss this important and complicated question, and to show ab ovo why this notion has been rejected.”