argumentum

[ ahr-gyuh-men-tuh m ]

/ ˌɑr gyəˈmɛn təm /

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noun, plural ar·gu·men·ta [ahr-gyuh-men-tuh] /ˌɑr gyəˈmɛn tə/.

argument(def 3).

Nearby words

argue, argufy, argument, argumentation, argumentative, argumentum, argumentum ad hominem, argun, argus, argus pheasant, argus tortoise beetle

Origin of argumentum

From Latin

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Examples from the Web for argumentum

Perhaps few of them suspected the argumentum ad hominem--or rather ad feminam--in Woodhull's speech.
The Covered Wagon|Emerson Hough
It was an argumentum ad hominem, and drawn from a popular faith.
Narrative And Miscellaneous Papers|Thomas De Quincey
It is an argumentum ad ignorantiam—take this explanation or be ignorant.
Man's Place in Nature and Other Essays|Thomas Henry Huxley
Little weight, however, can be attached to the argumentum ex silentio in this instance.
A History of Sanskrit Literature|Arthur A. MacDonell

But it was the Argumentum ad hominem; and if my uncle Toby was not very expert at it, you may think, he might not care to use it.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman|Laurence Sterne