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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A retort accusing an accuser of a similar offense or similar behavior.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A retort consisting of a charge or accusation similar to that which has been made by one's antagonist, as in the case of a person charged with bribery who replies that his accuser's hands are not clean of corruption: also used attributively: as, the tu quoque argument is not conclusive.

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  1. n. An argument whereby an accusation or insult is turned back on the accuser.

Etymologies

  1. From Latin tu ("you") quoque ("also") (Wiktionary)
  2. Latin tū quoque, you also : tū, you + quoque, also. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • charlesferdinand I always thought it was 'et tu' May 6, 2009

  • whichbe A retort claiming that one's opponent is doing the very thing he or she criticizes in others. May 19, 2008

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