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‖ ad misericordiam|æd ˌmɪzɛrɪˈkɔːdɪəm|
[L.]
Of an appeal, argument, etc.: to mercy, to pity.
1824Edin. Rev. XLI. 55 The fallacy of those arguments ad misericordiam on which the agriculturists now principally rest their claims to protection. 1863Thackeray Round. Papers 73 No day passes but that argument ad misericordiam is used. 1885Manchester Exam. 27 Feb. 5/3 He now made an ad misericordiam appeal for an extension of that time, on the ground of his ignorance of the practice. 1929E. Marjoribanks Marshall Hall x. 359 Later, in his final speech, he was making an appeal ad misericordiam for his client. |