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单词 diallelous
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diallelousadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: diallelus n., -ous suffix.
Etymology: < diallelus n. + -ous suffix.
Logic. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
Characterized by diallelus; that involves circular reasoning or definition.
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1878 F. Garden Dict. Eng. Philos. Terms 46 Diallelous, what is generally called defining or reasoning in a circle. The vice creeps in in the former case when we define two things, each by the other... This is clever, pointed, true, but, as may easily be seen, diallelous.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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