argumentum ad dictionarium

English

Etymology

From Latin [Term?].

Noun

argumentum ad dictionarium (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) An argument citing a dictionary definition as the proper and correct usage, and claiming that an excluded usage must be incorrect.
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