ratiocinator
- a word derived from ratiocinate.
Example Sentences
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Note that Sir Gideon’s last name pays winking homage to a certain fussy Golden Age ratiocinator: In “Parrot,” he explains: “The t is silent, the accent is on the o.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 2, 2019
Leibniz had visions of an ideal language, a characteristica universalis and a calculus ratiocinator.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai
The words reason and reasoning, I believe, in most languages, strictly imply numeration, reckoning, proportion; the Latin ratio, ratiocinor, ratiocinator are sufficient examples.
From Observations on Madness and Melancholy Including Practical Remarks on those Diseases together with Cases and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection by Haslam, John
The world must remain in a reverent doubt as to whether he would, on the same principles, have presented a diplomatist to a dipsomaniac or a ratiocinator to a rat catcher.
From The Man Who Knew Too Much by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
Mr. Russell himself is far too witty and athletic a ratiocinator simply to repeat the slander dogmatically.
From Meaning of Truth by James, William
