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sophistical, a.|səˈfɪstɪkəl|
Also 5–6 sophystycal(l, 6 -ysticall, 6–7 sophisticall.
[See prec. and -al1.]
1. = sophistic a. 2.
1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 390/1 Logyke is deuyded..in demonstratyf, in probable, and in sophystycal. a1513Fabyan Chron. vii. (1811) 649 Whereunto a sophystycall answere was made by the kyng. 1550Bale Eng. Votaries ii. 116 b, Wherfore they sought firste of all to bring them vndre by sophistycall sorceryes. 1643Sir T. Browne Relig. Med. i. §60 They enforce the condition of God, and in a more sophisticall way doe seeme to challenge Heaven. 1655–87H. More App. Antid. (1712) 192 That this perfect Being doth exist, is false and sophistical. 1771Junius Lett. lxi. (1788) 328 The sophistical distinction you attempt to draw between the person injured, and the person injuring. 1825McCulloch Pol. Econ. ii. ii. 125 At first sight, this sophistical and delusive statement appears sufficiently conclusive. 1864Bowen Logic ix. 271 We..take into view all cases of defective and sophistical argumentation.
2. = sophistic a. 1.
1535Coverdale Bible Prol., All the gloses of oure sophisticall doctours. 1838Thirlwall Greece IV. xxxii. 259 Aristophanes..regarded the sophistical circles with abhorrence. 1863Cowden Clarke Shaks. Char. xviii. 468 He is fluent and sophistical,—a sure token of feeble wisdom and lack of sound argument. 1884Daily News 24 July 4/6 The question..is one which..the most sophistical cannot obscure.
†3.
a. Employed for the purpose of adulteration or deception. Obs.
1558Warde tr. Alexis' Secr. i. vi. (1580) 110 b, If the woorke bee of Copper, made white by any Sophisticall substaunce. c1645Howell Lett. I. vi. 41 There be some that commit Fornication in Chymistry, by heterogeneous and sophistical Citrinations. 1680C. Nesse Church Hist. 272 Not setting out her beauty with sophistical paint.
†b. Adulterated; sophisticated. Obs.—1
1613T. Godwin Rom. Antiq. (1658) 180 He that had sold any corrupt or sophistical wares.
Hence † soˈphisticalness. Obs.
1661in Phœnix (1721) I. 68 Having so plainly demonstrated the Sophisticalness of Origen's Arguments. 1727Bailey (vol. II), Sophisticalness, Captiousness, Deceitfulness; sophistical Quality. |