Note 93.2 — LOS INTERESES CREADOS
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Barbara, Celare, Dario, Ferioque, Baralipton. Terms invented by medieval scholastic logicians to help in remembering the various forms (technically, moods) of syllogisms. The words in themselves are meaningless. Their vowels represent different types of logical propositions. This jargon (possibly familiar to a few university graduates) is put in the Doctor's mouth for humorous effect; he is depicted as fond of displaying learning. A similar legal speech occurs in le Bourgeois gentilhomme by Molière, Act 2, Scene 6.