also et cae·tera etˈsed.ərə, -setərə, -se.trə also ə̇tˈs-
Etymology: Latin
: and others especially of the same kind : and so on : and so forth
lovely scarves, handbags, et cetera — Mademoiselle
children are always catching things from one another, bad manners, germs, et cetera — Evelyn Barkins
amid the new movements, foreign influences, themes, et cetera — Stark Young
other institutional components of a society, such as school, church, et cetera — L.S.Cottrell
climb mountains, cross rivers, swim oceans, et cetera — Everett Carter
— abbr. etc. ; used to imply that other items are to be understood; used also as a reminder that semantic abstractions lack allness