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

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

The ergo, or rather the argal, of Mr Mill cannot impose on a child.

From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

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

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

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