单词 | argal |
释义 | argaln. = argali n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > ovis ammon (argali) argali1784 argal1904 1904 R. G. Thwaites Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. I. 169 The Rocky Mountain sheep or argal (Ovis montana). 1928 V. G. Childe Most Anc. East ii. 44 The third variety of Old World sheep, the argal, lives to the east of the urial. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018). argaladv.n. Therefore. Hence as n.: a clumsy piece of reasoning. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [adverb] thyeOE therebyc897 theOE thereforec1175 soa1200 hereforc1200 for that sakea1375 ipso facto1548 hence1571 argal1604 eo ipso1696 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > logical argument > [noun] > logical fallacy > piece of false reasoning fallacy1532 paralogism1565 elench1570 argal1861 salto mortale1896 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. i. 12 He drownes not himselfe, argall, he..shortens not his owne life. View more context for this quotation 1861 Times 23 Aug. Mr. Buckle's argument [is] as absurd an argal as ever was invented by philosopher or gravedigger. 1871 J. Morley J. de Maistre in Crit. Misc. 152 And, as we should not be beaten if we did not deserve it, argal, suffering is a merited punishment. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1904adv.n.1604 |
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