dixit

American  

[dik-sit] / ˈdɪk sɪt /

noun

1. an utterance.

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Etymology

Origin of dixit

1620–30; < Latin: he has said

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

dixit

Today’s decision reveals California’s considerable wingspan: That case’s ipse dixit now apparently governs all APA challenges to grant-funding determinations that the government asks us to address in the context of an emergency stay application.

From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2026

I was afraid he might push out, because he was, in a way a human dynamo and, at the time of his supremacy, might have controlled 150,000 votes in Indiana by his "ipse dixit!"

From Time Magazine Archive

Or is it seriously expected that for the restoration of the inspired Verity we shall be content to surrender ourselves blindfold to the ipse dixit of an unknown and irresponsible nineteenth-century guide?

From The Revision Revised by John William Burgon

Nothing daunted, however, he trod reverses under foot and pushed on towards the residence of the School Commissioner whose ipse dixit was to award him success or failure.

From Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier by John Algernon Owens

He did not give me any proof, but considering his position, I could not do otherwise than take his ipse dixit for it.

From The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin by Henry M. Hunt