English Explanatory Dictionary

obscurum per obscurius

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. Synonym of ignotum per ignotius (“explaining an obscure subject by resort to one even more obscure”).

Word forms

obscurum per obscurius

Etymology

From Latin obscūrum per obscūrius, “[to explain] the obscure by the more obscure”.

Synonyms

ignotum per ignotius
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