sophistical
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English sophistical, sophisticale, sophisticall, from Anglo-Latin sophisticālis.
Adjective edit
sophistical (comparative more sophistical, superlative most sophistical)
- Pertaining to a sophist or sophistry.
- Fallacious, misleading or incorrect in logic or reasoning, especially intentionally.
- 1841, Thomas Macaulay, Lord Byron and The Comic Dramatists of the Restoration:
- This is, we believe, a fair summary of Mr. Lamb's doctrine. We are sure that we do not wish to represent him unfairly. […] But we must plainly say that his argument, though ingenious, is altogether sophistical.