sophim

Middle English

Alternative forms

• soffem, soffyme, sofim, sophem, sopheme, sophime, sophisme, sophym, sophyme, sophymme, sophysme

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French soffime, sophisme, from Latin sophisma, from Ancient Greek σόφῐσμᾰ (sóphisma).

Noun

sophim (plural sophims)

1. sophism (fallacious argument)
2. a logical question or ambiguous proposition

Descendants

• English: sophism

References

• “sophī̆m(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.