Showing posts with label word derivation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label word derivation. Show all posts

Sunday, November 29, 2009

question 174


Q. What does "dogmatic" mean?

A. Dogmatic means an "authoritative, arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles."
The derivation of the word is interesting - the root word, Dog-Ma suggests that the ancients thought that dogmatic people were "sons-of-a-bitch".