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Webster 1913 Edition
Bocardo
Bo-car′do
,Noun.
[A mnemonic word.]
1.
(Logic)
A form of syllogism of which the first and third propositions are particular negatives, and the middle term a universal affirmative.
Baroko and
Bocardo
have been stumbling blocks to the logicians. Bowen.
2.
A prison; – originally the name of the old north gate in Oxford, which was used as a prison.
[Eng.]
Latimer.