dixit

[ dik-sit ]

/ ˈdɪk sɪt /

noun

an utterance.

Words nearby dixit

dixie cup, dixiecrat, dixiecrat party, dixieland, dixielander, dixit, dixon, dixy, diy, diyarbakir, diyer

Origin of dixit

1620–30; < Latin: he has said

Definition for dixit (2 of 2)

ipse dixit

[ ip-se dik-sit; English ip-see dik-sit ]

/ ˈɪp sɛ ˈdɪk sɪt; English ˈɪp si ˈdɪk sɪt /

noun

an assertion without proof.

Origin of ipse dixit

< Latin: he himself said it

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Examples from the Web for dixit

Requisitus si velit ea de scriptis recipere, dixit quod non; et aliter non vult se deffendere.
Medival Heresy and the Inquisition|A. S. Turberville
Et ideo bene Apostolus dixit: De virginibus autem praeceptum non habeo, consilium autem do.
The Essence of Christianity|Ludwig Feuerbach
Dixit sententiam pro allecticiis in Senatu, parentesque suos imitatus historiam quoque Romanam septem libris edidit.
The Letters of Cassiodorus|Cassiodorus (AKA Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator)
Inde dixit ille Anglicus in poetria nova: Papa stupor mundi.
Notes & Queries, No. 41, Saturday, August 10, 1850|Various

Dixit Patricius, "Nec rex eris nec de semine tuo regnabit in aeternum."
The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick|Various

British Dictionary definitions for dixit

ipse dixit

/ Latin (ˈɪpseɪ ˈdɪksɪt) /

noun

an arbitrary and unsupported assertion

Word Origin for ipse dixit

C16, literally: he himself said it

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