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a baculo

a baculo adverb: argued by means of force rather than logic.

Adverb

a baculo (not comparable)

  1. (uncommon) Argued by means of force rather than logic.
    • Philonous’ reply is perhaps less interesting for its a baculo dismissal of the argument than for a nuance in its first sentence.2018, William Boos, edited by Florence S. Boos, Metamathematics and the Philosophical Tradition, →ISBN, page 257

Origin of a baculo

Learned borrowing from Latin ā baculō (literally “by means of the rod”), from ā (“of, from”) + baculō (“sceptre, rod”), ablative singular of baculum.

Questions about a baculo

What does a baculo mean?
A baculo means argued by means of force rather than logic.
What part of speech is a baculo?
A baculo is an adverb.

Words near a baculo in the dictionary

  1. A & R
  2. A 1
  3. a aa
  4. A and E
  5. A and M
  6. a baculo
  7. a bad penny always comes back
  8. a bad penny always turns up
  9. a bad tree does not yield good apples
  10. a bad workman always blames his tools
  11. A band

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