Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—I

Ipse Dixit

(Latin). A mere assertion, wholly unsupported. We say it is “your ipse dixit, ” “his ipse dixit, ” “their ipse dixit,” and so on

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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