Caius(Dr. ). A French physician in Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor. “The clipped English of Dr. Caius.” -Macaulay. Caius College (Cambridge). Elevated by Dr. John Key (Caius), of Norwich, into a college, being previously only a hall called Gonville. Called Keys. (1557.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Caius from Fact Monster:
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