tu quoquen.
/t(j)uː ˈkwəʊkwiː/ An argument which consists in retorting a charge upon one's accuser. Also attributive.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [noun] > by turning argument against opponent > instance of
retortion1600
recrimination1604
recharge1637
tu quoque1671
counter-motion1893
1614 J. Cooke (title) Greenes Tu quoque, Or, The Cittie Gallant.
1614 J. Cooke Greenes Tu Quoque E ij b Rash...M. Bubble, God saue you. Bub. Tu quoque Sir.
1614 J. Cooke Greenes Tu Quoque G j b Bub... I want the Bone Ioure, and the Tu quoques, Which yonder Gentleman has.]
1671 T. Shadwell Humorists ii. 28 Nay Sir, I say nothing, Mum is the Italian tu quoque word.
1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. iii. iv. 260 No man knew better the rhetorical effect of the tu quoque form of argument.
1874 J. O. Dykes Relations Kingdom ii. 107 The tu quoque rejoinder, ‘Physician heal thyself’, is in its place here.
a1903 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Last Hope (1904) v I leave myself open to a tu quoque, I know.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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