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‖ obscurum per obscurius, phr.|ɒbˈskjʊərəm pɜː(r) ɒbˈskjʊərɪəs|
[Late L., lit. the unclear (explained) by means of the more unclear.]
An unclear argument or proposition (expressed) in terms of one that is even less clear; such an explanation. (Cf. ignotum per ignotius.)
[1616W. Clerk Withals's Dict. Eng. & Lat. (rev. ed.) 574 Obscurum per obscurius. I am as wise as I was before.] 1892C. A. M. Fennell Stanford Dict. 580/1 Obscūrum per obscūrius, phr.: Late Lat.: the obscure by the more obscure. 1949K. Davis Human Society viii. 202 At its best it was an explanation obscurum per obscurius. 1952G. Sarton Hist. Sci. I. viii. 200 Herodotus..was already combining Pythagorean ideas with Egyptian, Orphic, and Bacchic ones, and he mixed up the story of Pythagoras with that of Zalmoxis, thus explaining obscurum per obscurius. 1959Listener 8 Jan. 58/1 Alexander's attempt to describe certain other relations in nature on the analogy of this may seem like an attempt to explain obscurum per obscurius. |