argal

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adverb 1.2.1 Usage notes 1.3 Noun 1.4 References

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

A corruption of the Latin ergō (“‘therefore, thus’”).

[edit] Adverb

argal

1. thus, therefore

[edit] Usage notes

This word is used facetiously or as a joke, to indicate that the conclusion that follows or the preceding reasoning is absurd or specious.

[edit] Noun

argal

1. crude tartar.

[edit] References

• Shakespeare, William. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. G.L Kittredge ed. Boston: Ginn, 1939.
• argal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913