obscurum per obscuriusphr.adj.adv.

Brit.

/ɒbˌskjʊərəm pəː(r) ɒbˈskjʊərɪəs/,

/əbˌskjʊərəm pər əbˈskjʊərɪəs/, U.S.

/əbˈskjʊrəm pər əbˈskjʊriəs/,

/ɑbˈskjʊrəm pər ɑbˈskjʊriəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin obscurum per obscurius.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin obscurum per obscurius, lit. ‘the unclear (explained) by means of the more unclear’ (1616 or earlier: see quot. 1616) < classical Latin obscūrum , use as noun of neuter singular of obscūrus obscure adj. + per through (see per prep.) + obscūrius, neuter singular of comparative of obscūrus.

An argument or proposition expressed in terms which are even less clear than the original; an explanation which is harder to understand than what it is meant to explain. Also as adj. and adv. Cf. ignotum per ignotius n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > logical argument > [noun] > logical fallacy > other types of fallacy

ignoratio elenchi1559

fallacy of (the) accident1568

fallacy of division?1582

amphiboly1588

amphibology1589

equivocation1605

dominative argument1656

fallacy of the heapa1774

illicit process1827

obscurum per obscurius1842

genetic fallacy1904

type-fallacy1935

1616 W. Clerk Withals's Dict. Eng. & Lat. (rev. ed.) 574 Obscurum per obscurius. I am as wise as I was before.]

1842 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 132 77 I have been endeavouring to illustrate a doubtful hypothesis by speculations more doubtful still, obscurum per obscurius.

1896 Amer. Hist. Rev. 1 364 His further explanations are to the average reader often obscurum per obscurius.

1949 K. Davis Human Society viii. 202 At its best it was an explanation obscurum per obscurius.

1959 Listener 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.

1978 I. Berlin Russian Thinkers 40 Conferring power, acquiring it, using it, is not at all like eating or drinking or thinking or walking. We remain in the dark: obscurum per obscurius.

1980 Amer. Speech 51 274 All previous etymologies of bike have been of the obscurum-per-obscurius variety.

1987 Philos. Perspectives 1 219 A case of obscurum per obscurius.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	obscurum per obscurius
释义	obscurum per obscuriusphr.adj.adv. Brit. /ɒbˌskjʊərəm pəː(r) ɒbˈskjʊərɪəs/, /əbˌskjʊərəm pər əbˈskjʊərɪəs/, U.S. /əbˈskjʊrəm pər əbˈskjʊriəs/, /ɑbˈskjʊrəm pər ɑbˈskjʊriəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin obscurum per obscurius. Etymology: < post-classical Latin obscurum per obscurius, lit. ‘the unclear (explained) by means of the more unclear’ (1616 or earlier: see quot. 1616) < classical Latin obscūrum , use as noun of neuter singular of obscūrus obscure adj. + per through (see per prep.) + obscūrius, neuter singular of comparative of obscūrus. An argument or proposition expressed in terms which are even less clear than the original; an explanation which is harder to understand than what it is meant to explain. Also as adj. and adv. Cf. ignotum per ignotius n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > logical argument > [noun] > logical fallacy > other types of fallacy ignoratio elenchi1559 fallacy of (the) accident1568 fallacy of division?1582 amphiboly1588 amphibology1589 equivocation1605 dominative argument1656 fallacy of the heapa1774 illicit process1827 obscurum per obscurius1842 genetic fallacy1904 type-fallacy1935 1616 W. Clerk Withals's Dict. Eng. & Lat. (rev. ed.) 574 Obscurum per obscurius. I am as wise as I was before.] 1842 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 132 77 I have been endeavouring to illustrate a doubtful hypothesis by speculations more doubtful still, obscurum per obscurius. 1896 Amer. Hist. Rev. 1 364 His further explanations are to the average reader often obscurum per obscurius. 1949 K. Davis Human Society viii. 202 At its best it was an explanation obscurum per obscurius. 1959 Listener 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. 1978 I. Berlin Russian Thinkers 40 Conferring power, acquiring it, using it, is not at all like eating or drinking or thinking or walking. We remain in the dark: obscurum per obscurius. 1980 Amer. Speech 51 274 All previous etymologies of bike have been of the obscurum-per-obscurius variety. 1987 Philos. Perspectives 1 219 A case of obscurum per obscurius. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < phr.adj.adv.1842
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