Sequitur

//ˈsɛ.kwə.tɚ// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A logical conclusion or consequence of facts.

    "He is accordingly in haste to show that it was not kept on shore; for, if so, ‘some trace would be found on shore of the murderers’. I presume you smile at the sequitur."

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addendumafterthoughtappendixback matterchoruscoda

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"Non sequitur is the last resort of the inane."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sequitur (“it follows”), the third person form of sequor (“I follow”).

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