'Bocardo' definitions:
Definition of 'Bocardo'
From: GCIDE
- Bocardo \Bo*car"do\, n. [A mnemonic word.]
- 1. (Logic) A form of syllogism of which the first and third propositions are particular negatives, and the middle term a universal affirmative. [1913 Webster]
- Baroko and Bocardo have been stumbling blocks to the logicians. --Bowen. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A prison; -- originally the name of the old north gate in Oxford, which was used as a prison. [Eng.] --Latimer. [1913 Webster]