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

On Thursday night Fisher had come up behind him; argal, he must follow him now.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 12th 1893 by Various

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

Thompson had shot a fine argal or Rocky Mountain sheep that morning, and the broiled steaks were giving forth a most acceptable odor.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875 by Various

From Fort Kearney to Fort Laramie, almost the only fuel to be obtained is the dung of buffalo and oxen, called, in the vocabulary of the region, "chips,"—the argal of the Tartar deserts.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 by Various