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Synonym of ignotum per ignotius (“explaining an obscure subject by resort to one even more obscure”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: ignotum per ignotius
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Latin obscūrum per obscūrius, “[to explain] the obscure by the more obscure”.
