circumstantial evidence

noun

proof of facts offered as evidence from which other facts are to be inferred (contrasted with direct evidence ).

Origin:
1730–40

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circumstantial evidence

—n
	Compare direct evidence indirect evidence that tends to establish a conclusion by inference

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Circumstantial evidence is always a great word to know.

So is zedonk. Does it mean:

a fool or simpleton; ninny.

the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.

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"Circumstantial evidence is occasionally very convincing, as when you find a trout in the milk, to quote Thoreau's example."

-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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