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  1. n. An attempt to explain something obscure in terms of something else which is even more obscure.
  2. n. logic A type of fallacious argument in which one attempts to prove something unknown by relying upon an assumption that is also unknown.

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  1. Latin for the unknown by the more unknown. (Wiktionary)

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  • Prolagus I used this idiom right now. I was talking about the species problem with my lifemate, and this is our conclusion. Sep 3, 2008

  • she Obscurum per obscurius is very similar: "the unclear by means of the more unclear" (rather than 'unknown'). Sep 3, 2008

  • rolig I am one of those people! Dec 22, 2007

  • reesetee I know people like this. Dec 19, 2007

  • rolig Lat. "the unknown through the more unknown": "the action of offering an explanation that is harder to understand than the thing it is meant to explain" (Oxford American Dictionaries). Dec 19, 2007

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