argal

¹ American  

[ahr-guhl] / ˈɑr gəl /

noun

1. argali.

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argal ² American  

[ahr-guhl] / ˈɑr gəl /

conjunction

Literary.

1. therefore: used facetiously to indicate that the reasoning that had gone before or the conclusion that follows is specious or absurd.

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argal British  

/ ˈɑːɡəl /

noun

1. another name for argol

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Etymology

Origin of argal

First recorded in 1595–1605; probably representing a popular Early Modern English pronunciation of Latin ergō, with ĕr becoming lowered to ar by the 17th century, the laxing of ō, and excrescent l; see ergo

Example Sentences

The argument here is, you observe, that because an apple in the course of nature rots soon after it mellows, argal a man cannot mellow his spirit with culture without decaying soon afterwards.

From The English Novel And the Principle of its Development by Lanier, Sidney

None the less his jaw hardened beneath his fair beard and he answered, 'I have as yet written no letters—litteras nullas scripsi: argal nihil scio.'

From Privy Seal His Last Venture by Ford, Ford Madox

But the Teuton has kartoffel, utterly different; argal again, the Teutons must have separated from the parent stem before the Aryans had discovered that the thing was edible and worth naming.

From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Morris, Kenneth

There was never perhaps a more extraordinary syllogism since the argal of Shakespeare’s gravedigger.

From The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3 by Various

Thy father loved me for my lack of officiousness, argal, to serve thee is a religious duty incumbent on me.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir