† catasophistryObs.rare—1. [f. sophistry, after Gr. κατασοϕίζεσθαι to outwit, to evade by quibbling, f. κατά down, etc. + σοϕίζ-εσθαι to quibble, etc.] Quibbling, deceit. 1609J. Melvill Let. in Diary (1842) 782 Greater craft..and catasophistrie wer nevir usit.