obscurum per obscurius

/ əbˈskjʊərəm pɜːr əbˈskjʊərɪəs /

noun

1. another term for ignotum per ignotius

Word History and Origins

Origin of obscurum per obscurius¹

Latin: the obscure by the more obscure

Example Sentences

Or was this a special visitation of God, a plague new to the medical world, spontaneously generated, sporadic in its appearance, and destined forever to be an obscurum per obscurius or perhaps to spread with further undetermined horrors?

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All attempts to illustrate the history of the Angles of Germany by means of that of the nations mentioned in conjunction with them by Tacitus, is obscurum per obscurius.

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You have heard of obscurity illustrated by a further obscurity,—obscurum per obscurius.

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We must not study obscurum per obscurius. 

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The result would be obscurum per obscurius, a remedy worse than the disease.

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