Inflected forms: pl. dic·ta (-t) or dic·tums 1. An authoritative, often formal pronouncement: “He cites Augustine's dictum that ‘If you understand it, it is not God’” (Joseph Sobran). 2.Law See obiter dictum (sense 1).
ETYMOLOGY:
Latin, from neuter past participle of dcere, to say. See deik- in Appendix I.
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