argumentum

[ ahr-gyuh-men-tuh m ]

/ ˌɑr gyəˈmɛn təm /

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

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earnest

full seriousness, as of intention or purpose.

a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.

urgent character; imperativeness; insistence; importunateness.

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Origin of argumentum

From Latin

Words nearby argumentum

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

Example sentences 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

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