n. 1 a difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation. 2 Philos. a category in (esp. Aristotelian) logic.
[ ME (in sense 2) f. LL praedicamentum thing predicated: see PREDICATE ]
n. 1 a difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation. 2 Philos. a category in (esp. Aristotelian) logic.
[ ME (in sense 2) f. LL praedicamentum thing predicated: see PREDICATE ]
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