ignotum per ignotius
Meanings
phrase
- An attempt to explain something obscure in terms of something else which is even more obscure.
- A type of fallacious argument in which one attempts to prove something unknown by relying upon an assumption that is also unknown.
Word forms
Etymology
From Latin ignōtum per ignōtius, “[to explain] the unknown by the more unknown”.
Synonyms
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