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† pithaˈnology Obs.
[ad. Gr. πιθανολογία (Col. ii. 4), f. πιθαν-ός persuasive + -λογία speech, etc.: see -logy.]
‘Persuasiveness of speech’; the use of specious or plausible arguments.
1615Byfield Exp. Coloss. ii. 4 Pithanology, which the apostle condemns, is a speech fitted of purpose, by the abuse of rhetoric,..to please and seduce. 1650Trapp Comm. Deut. xiii. 3 Hereticks have their pithanology, their good words and fair speeches. 1730A. Collier Clavis Univ., Spec. True Philos. 127 Called also by its christian name of pithanology, or science, falsely so called. |