quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur (literally “whatever is said in Latin seems profound”). === Proverb === quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur (humorous, ironic) Used to mockingly describe people who seem to use Latin phrases and quotations only to make themselves sound more important or "educated".