ipse dixit

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

noun

1. an assertion without proof.

ipse dixit

/ ˈɪpseɪ ˈdɪksɪt /

noun

1. an arbitrary and unsupported assertion

Word History and Origins

Origin of ipse dixit¹

< Latin: he himself said it

Word History and Origins

Origin of ipse dixit¹

C16, literally: he himself said it

Example Sentences

The age is past wherein the ipse dixit of a great name was enough to check all inquiries after truth.

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I'm not to be governed by your ipse dixit.

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Are they so sensitive of their "ipse dixit?"

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Such was his declaration that Councils had hitherto been useful only for people of unsound faith, who did not chose to believe the Pope's ipse dixit, which every good Christian had always believed.

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I know well that Americans will take the ipse dixit of no man.

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