ipse dixit
an assertion without proof.
Origin of ipse dixit
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How to use ipse dixit in a sentence
Nam Sacerdos ille, qui huc ante nos aduenerat, nostro statim adutu in Galliam sua ipse sponte & pro veteri desiderio remigrauit.
Benign respdit pater ipse Membertou neophytos se esse, verum imperarem; in mea potestate esse omnia.
Dederat ipse in mdatis, vt antiquo in monumto c demortua prius familia (qu scieb paganic obijsse) sepeliretur.
Itaq solebat ipse crebr dictitare, valde optare se, vt cit lingu nossemus.
It should have been—so we were to believe on his ipse dixit—contemporaneous with the Fall.
Mystic London: | Charles Maurice Davies
British Dictionary definitions for ipse dixit
/ Latin (ˈɪpseɪ ˈdɪksɪt) /
an arbitrary and unsupported assertion
Origin of ipse dixit
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