Pronounced: dee-ahn-TAH-luh-jee, noun
Notes: I was sure this had something to do with teeth (nope!)
Yesterday’s word
The word apodictic means “expressing or relating to necessary truth or absolute certainty”
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1600s
Background / Comments
One can use our word to describe a conclusive concept or a conclusive person — or even the conclusive remarks of a conclusive person. Our word came from the Latin word apodīcticus, which came from the Greek word apodeiktikós (proving fully), which is made up of apo- (away; off; apart) and deiktikós (demonstrative [able to be proven]).
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