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ignotum per ignotius
(ig¦no|tum per ig¦no|tius)
Pronunciation:
/ɪgˌnəʊtəm pər ɪgˈnəʊtɪəs/
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
Origin:
late Latin, literally 'the unknown through something more unknown'
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