"ad baculum" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: From Latin ad + baculum (“stick, staff”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|ad}} Latin ad Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} ad baculum (not comparable)
  1. (rhetoric) By appeal to force. Tags: not-comparable, rhetoric Categories (topical): Rhetoric
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