† pithanologyn.

Forms: 1600s pithanalogie, 1600s pithanaologie, 1600s pithanologie, 1600s–1700s pithanology.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek πιθανολογία.

Etymology: < ancient Greek πιθανολογία (in Hellenistic Greek in New Testament: Colossians 2:4) < πιθανός persuasive ( < an ablaut variant of the base of πείθειν to persuade ( < the same Indo-European base as classical Latin fīdere to trust: see faith n. and int.) + -ανός , suffix forming adjectives) + -λογία -logy comb. form. Compare post-classical Latin pithanologia (4th cent.).

Obsolete.

Persuasive or seductive speech or argument; sophistry.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > [noun] > use or practice of

sophisticationc1450

syllogistry1592

pithanology1615

1615 N. Byfield Expos. Epist. Colossians ii. 4 Pithanology, which the apostle condemns, is a speech fitted of purpose, by the abuse of rhetoric,..to please and seduce.

1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Deut. xiii. 3) 104 Hereticks have their pithanology, their good words and fair speeches.

1658 J. Spencer Καινα και Παλαια 417 They seek to insinuate with their Pithanology and feigned humility, whereby they circumvent, and beguile the simple.

1730 A. Collier Specimen True Philos. 44 Called also by its Christian Name of Pithanology, or Science Falsely so called.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	pithanology
释义	† pithanologyn. Forms: 1600s pithanalogie, 1600s pithanaologie, 1600s pithanologie, 1600s–1700s pithanology. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek πιθανολογία. Etymology: < ancient Greek πιθανολογία (in Hellenistic Greek in New Testament: Colossians 2:4) < πιθανός persuasive ( < an ablaut variant of the base of πείθειν to persuade ( < the same Indo-European base as classical Latin fīdere to trust: see faith n. and int.) + -ανός , suffix forming adjectives) + -λογία -logy comb. form. Compare post-classical Latin pithanologia (4th cent.). Obsolete. Persuasive or seductive speech or argument; sophistry. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > [noun] > use or practice of sophisticationc1450 syllogistry1592 pithanology1615 1615 N. Byfield Expos. Epist. Colossians ii. 4 Pithanology, which the apostle condemns, is a speech fitted of purpose, by the abuse of rhetoric,..to please and seduce. 1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Deut. xiii. 3) 104 Hereticks have their pithanology, their good words and fair speeches. 1658 J. Spencer Καινα και Παλαια 417 They seek to insinuate with their Pithanology and feigned humility, whereby they circumvent, and beguile the simple. 1730 A. Collier Specimen True Philos. 44 Called also by its Christian Name of Pithanology, or Science Falsely so called. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1615
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