单词 | thomisticate |
释义 | > as lemmasThoˈmisticate Thoˈmisticate v. (intransitive) to argue or discourse in the manner of the Thomists; to ‘split hairs’, use over-refined arguments.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > pursue subtleties [verb (intransitive)] windc1386 subtlec1390 subtilea1450 subtilize1592 to cut a feathera1634 to split a hair or hairs1674 to split straws1674 to split words1674 Thomisticate1730 subtlize1821 1730 J. Lewis Life Fisher (1855) I. 194 In defence of the mass's being a sacrifice, the king thus Thomisticates. < as lemmas |
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