See Also: embarras(dictionary)

Dimaris (iou) and embarras (iou)


Dimaris (iou)



Dimaris noun. E19.
[A mnemonic of scholastic philosophers first used in medieval Latin, I indicating a particular affirmative proposition and A a universal affirmative proposition.]
Logic. The third mood of the fourth syllogistic figure, in which a particular affirmative conclusion is drawn from a particular affirmative major and a universal affirmative minor premiss.

embarras (iou)



embarras noun. [bara] Pl. pronounced same. M17.
[French, formed as EMBARRASS.]
1. Embarrassment. Now only in phrs. below. M17.
embarras de choix, embarras de richesse(s) more choices, more resources, than one knows what to do with.
An accumulation of driftwood (partially) blocking a waterway. N. Amer. Now rare or obsolete. L18.