ignotum per ignotius
/ɪɡˌnəʊtəm pər ɪɡˈnəʊtɪəs
/noun [mass noun]
The action of offering an explanation which is harder to understand than the thing it is meant to explain: this is a case of ignotum per ignotus...
- They committed the fallacy of ignotum per ignotius - explaining the unknown in terms of the less known.
Origin
Late Latin, literally 'the unknown through something more unknown'.