obiter dictum

What does obiter dictum mean?

obiter dictum means "an incidental remark". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for obiter dictum?

Close synonyms include passing comment, dictum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is obiter dictum a common word?

obiter dictum is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for obiter dictum come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.