argumentum

[ ahr-gyuh-men-tuhm ]

/ ˌɑr gyəˈmɛn təm /

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Question 1 of 7

Which one of these commonly confused words can act as an adverb or a pronoun?

From Latin

It was a masterful bit of hypocritical eloquence, of argumentum ad hominem; but it was made to simple and illiterate hearers.
The Code of the Mountains|Charles Neville Buck
It was not to this, however, that he directed his objection: the argumentum ad hominem came more easily to him.
The Long Night|Stanley Weyman
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
In a case like this the argumentum ad hominem, though a perfectly fair one, is a perfectly useless one.
The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879|Various

It is incomprehensible; or, as St. Paul says, the argumentum non apparentium.
What is Property?|P. J. Proudhon