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

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

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

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

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