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ipso facto

[ip-soh fak-toh] Origin

ip·so fac·to

[ip-soh fak-toh]
noun
by the fact itself; by the very nature of the deed: to be condemned ipso facto.

Origin:
1540–50; < Latin ipsō factō
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Ipso facto is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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ipso facto (ˈɪpsəʊ ˈfæktəʊ)
 
adv
by that very fact or act: ipso facto his guilt was apparent
 
[from Latin]

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ipso facto
1540s, from L., lit. "by that very fact."
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