See Also: Bocardo(dictionary)

Bocardo (iou)



Bocardo noun. E16.
[A mnemonic of scholastic philosophers first used in medieval Latin, O indicating a particular negative proposition and A a universal affirmative proposition.]
Logic. The fifth mood of the third syllogistic figure, in which a particular negative conclusion is drawn from a particular negative major premiss and a universal affirmative minor. E16.
a. Hist. The prison in the old North Gate of the city of Oxford, pulled down in 1771. M16.
b. (bocardo.) Pl. -os. A prison, a dungeon. M16-E18.