Forth
Forth. And so forth is (compare to and the like) a convenience to the writer who does not wish to rehearse his list at length, but shrinks from the suggestion, now so firmly attached to etc. as to disqualify it for literary use, that he breaks off because it is too much trouble to proceed. The slightly antique turn of the phrase acquits him of unceremoniousness; and so on is in this respect midway between and so forth and etc.
