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▪ I. ˈargal, conjunctive adv.
Perversion of L. ergo ‘therefore’; hence subst. a clumsy piece of reasoning.
1602Shakes. Ham. v. i. 21 He drownes not himselfe. Argal, he..shortens not his owne life. 1861Times 23 Aug., Mr. Buckle's argument [is] as absurd an argal as ever was invented by philosopher or gravedigger. 1871J. Morley Crit. Misc. 152 And, as we should not be beaten if we did not deserve it, argal, suffering is a merited punishment.
▪ II. argal, n.|ˈɑːgəl|
Short form of argali.
1904R. G. Thwaites Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. I. 169 The Rocky Mountain sheep or argal (Ovis montana). 1928Childe Most Anc. East ii. 44 The third variety of Old World sheep, the argal, lives to the east of the urial. |