ignotum per ignotius

短语

[拉]解释得比原来需要解释的事物更难懂

释义与例句

phr.
  1. 1.

    An attempt to explain something obscure in terms of something else which is even more obscure.

  2. 2.

    A type of fallacious argument in which one attempts to prove something unknown by relying upon an assumption that is also unknown.

    数学 哲学

词源

From Latin ignōtum per ignōtius, “[to explain] the unknown by the more unknown”.

来源：wiktionary