He is as removed from sunlight as moss at the bed of a pond. And sunlight is what he wanted to be. He is the sunlight that never was. The Latin phrase et cetera means “and the rest”. Kin to et cetera is another Latinism that brings cetera forward: cetera desunt, meaning “that which has vanished” or has been forgotten or elided.

Source: The Telegraph January 20, 2019 03:45 UTC