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Meaning of "obscurum per obscurius" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD OBSCURUM PER OBSCURIUS

Latin: the obscure by the more obscure.
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PRONUNCIATION OF OBSCURUM PER OBSCURIUS

obscurum per obscurius  [əbˈskjʊərəm pɜːr əbˈskjʊərɪəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OBSCURUM PER OBSCURIUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Obscurum per obscurius is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OBSCURUM PER OBSCURIUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

obscurum per obscurius

Definition

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WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OBSCURUM PER OBSCURIUS


Aquarius
əˈkwɛərɪəs
curious
ˈkjʊərɪəs
furious
ˈfjʊərɪəs
hilarious
hɪˈlɛərɪəs
incurious
ɪnˈkjʊərɪəs
injurious
ɪnˈdʒʊərɪəs
luxurious
lʌɡˈzjʊərɪəs
Marius
ˈmɛərɪəs
mysterious
mɪˈstɪərɪəs
penurious
pɪˈnjʊərɪəs
perjurious
pɜːˈdʒʊərɪəs
serious
ˈsɪərɪəs
spurious
ˈspjʊərɪəs
sulfureous
sʌlˈfjʊərɪəs
sulphureous
sʌlˈfjʊərɪəs
superluxurious
ˌsuːpərlʌɡˈʒʊərɪəs
uncurious
ʌnˈkjʊərɪəs
unluxurious
ˌʌnlʌɡˈʒʊərɪəs
usurious
juːˈzjʊərɪəs
various
ˈvɛərɪəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OBSCURUM PER OBSCURIUS

obscene
Obscene Publications Act
Obscene Publications Squad
obscenely
obsceneness
obscenities
obscenity
obscurant
obscurantic
obscurantism
obscurantist
obscuration
obscure
obscurely
obscurement
obscureness
obscurities
obscurity
obsecrate
obsecration

WORDS THAT END LIKE OBSCURUM PER OBSCURIUS

accessorius
Arius
Belisarius
denarius
Galerius
Guarnerius
Nestorius
nisi prius
Praetorius
Pretorius
protospatharius
retiarius
sartorius
senarius
septenarius
Sertorius
sextarius
Sirius
Stradivarius
Tiberius

Synonyms and antonyms of obscurum per obscurius in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «obscurum per obscurius» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OBSCURUM PER OBSCURIUS

Find out the translation of obscurum per obscurius to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of obscurum per obscurius from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «obscurum per obscurius» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

每obscurius obscurum
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

obscurum por obscurius
570 millions of speakers

English

obscurum per obscurius
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

obscurius प्रति obscurum
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

obscurum في obscurius
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Obscurum за obscurius
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

obscurum per obscurius
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অন্ধকারে অন্ধকার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

obscurum par obscurius
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Obscurum per obscurius
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

obscurum pro obscurius
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

obscuriusあたりobscurum
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

obscurius 당 obscurum
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Obscurum per obscurius
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Obscurum mỗi obscurius
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விசித்திரமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Obscurius प्रतिबिंबित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Obscurum per obscurius
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

obscurum per obscurius
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

obscurum za obscurius
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Obscurum за obscurius
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Obscurum pe obscurius
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Obscurum ανά obscurius
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

obscurum per obscurius
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Obscurum per obscurius
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

obscurum per obscurius
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of obscurum per obscurius

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OBSCURUM PER OBSCURIUS»

The term «obscurum per obscurius» is normally little used and occupies the 117.041 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OBSCURUM PER OBSCURIUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about obscurum per obscurius

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OBSCURUM PER OBSCURIUS»

Discover the use of obscurum per obscurius in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to obscurum per obscurius and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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World Dictionary of Foreign Expressions: A Resource for ...
See quaelibet concessio etc. obscurum per obscurius n. [L. obscurum obscure ( thing) (1); per through (2); obscurius more obscure (thing) (3): obscure thing through the more obscure thing.] Logic. The obscure through the more obscure.
Gabriel Adeleye, Kofi Acquah-Dadzie, Thomas J. Sienkewicz, 1999
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Alternating Worlds
In the new interstellar alternance cycle, you are going to be the representative of obscurum per obscurius. It will be you alone, because on this other planet there is only one person who believes in obscurum per obscurius. At least that part of it  ...
Gary Wolf, 2004
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Heidegger and Asian Thought
Heidegger's intuition that the logos of Heraclitus and the too are comparable is on the mark — and to examine the similarities between the two ideas could be an illuminating instance of explicating obscurum per obscurius. The fragments ...
Graham Parkes, 1990
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La Casa de las Sombras
Mientras bajaba a ciegas por la escalera iba repitiendo en mi mente, como un mantra, como letanía, la arcana frase alquímica—Obscurum per obscurius, osbcurum per obscurius, obscurum per obscurius . . .—. Era la segunda vez en esta ...
Dante Alfau, 2011
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Magic Mushrooms in Religion and Alchemy
Uncovering the truth in alchemical writings and illustrations can be extremely daunting, as the two quotations illustrate. The alchemists' method of explanation was "obscurum per obscurius, ignotum per ignotius" (the obscure by the more ...
Clark Heinrich, 2002
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Ernst Zermelo - Collected Works/Gesammelte Werke: Volume ...
Wenn diese oder ähnliche Sätze Definitionen sein wollten, so würde man mit Recht einwenden, daß sie idem per idem oder gar obscurum per obscurius definieren. Wir können sie aber als Demonstrationen gelten lassen, als Verweisungen ...
Heinz-Dieter Ebbinghaus, Enzo de Pellegrin, Ernst Zermelo, 2010
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Read and reflect. The newspaper and general reader's pocket ...
She certainly owes little to the dull slipslop, with which the author has contrived to overlay — obscurum per obscurius — the only page in her history, that really demanded elucidation :" a Obscurum per obscurius" means To explain what was  ...
Read, 1860
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Early Sociology of Religion
In the present case I have sought to do this after a fashion, though I am painfully aware that, in denning taboo by means of mana, I am laying myself open to a charge of explaining obscurum per obscurius. I can only reply prophetically that the ...
Turner B S Staff, 2004
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The Toils of Scepticism
... the title of obscurum per obscurius, proving the obscure by way of the more obscure.11 The connexion between reciprocity and obscurum per obscurius points to an objection which Sextus often brings - at least implicitly - against reciprocity.
Jonathan Barnes, 2007
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Isis Unveiled
THE OBSCURUM PER OBSCURIUS 49 1. Notwithstanding Mr. Crookes' full conviction that the somebody calling herself Katie King was neither the medium nor some confederate, but on the contrary an unknown force in nature, which — like ...
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, 1994

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OBSCURUM PER OBSCURIUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term obscurum per obscurius is used in the context of the following news items.
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An Answer to Pilate
But to a creationist, this would in effect be a kind of obscurum per obscurius and hence not convincing at all. Another thing I noticed was that my reaction to these ... «Philosophy Now, Jan 14»

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