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Borrowed from
Hebrew
פלפול
(
pilpúl
)
.
Noun
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pilpul
(
uncountable
)
Sophistry
,
hair-splitting
,
quibbling
.
(
Judaism
)
Penetrating investigation, disputation, and drawing of conclusions, especially in
Talmudic
study.
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pilpulism
pilpulist
pilpulistic
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