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ad baculum

ad baculum adjective: to appeal by force.

Adjective

ad baculum (not comparable)

  1. (rhetoric) To appeal by force.

Origin of ad baculum

From Latin ad + baculum (“stick, staff”).

Questions about ad baculum

What does ad baculum mean?
Ad baculum means to appeal by force.
What part of speech is ad baculum?
Ad baculum is an adjective.

Words near ad baculum in the dictionary

  1. acœlomate
  2. Acœmitæ
  3. Acœtes
  4. ad
  5. ad absurdum
  6. ad baculum
  7. ad banner
  8. ad banners
  9. ad blindness
  10. ad break
  11. ad breaks

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