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单词 lucus a non lucendo
释义 lu·cus a non lu·cen·do
\ˈlükəˌsā|nänlüˈsenˌdō\
Etymology: New Latin, a grove from not being light; from the practice ascribed to ancient Roman etymologists of deriving words from their semantic opposites, as lucus (“grove”) from lucēre (“to shine, be light”) because a grove is not light
: an illogical explanation or absurd derivation : non sequitur
 < the whole discussion may seem a lucus a non lucendo for all the light it throws upon the effect of the classics on mediaeval literature — H.O.Taylor >
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