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sophister
[ sof-uh-ster ]
noun
- a specious, unsound, or fallacious reasoner.
- Chiefly British. (especially formerly) a second or third year student at a university.
- Obsolete. an ancient Greek sophist.
sophister
/ ˈsɒfɪstə /
noun
- (esp formerly) a second-year undergraduate at certain British universities
- rare.another word for sophist
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sophister1
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French sophistre < Latin sophista. See sophist
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Example Sentences
Do not let any sophister teach thee that thy God is far aloft from thee as the stars are.
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I, who stood by and heard all, saw immediately that one of them was a crafty old sophister, and the other a mere novice.
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I, who stood by and heard all, saw immediately that one was a crafty old sophister, and the other a true novice.
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He entered Trinity College as a fellow-commoner, completed his junior sophister terms, and then migrated ad eundem to Oxford.
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He ridicules his opponent's arguments as worthy of "a sophister in the parvyse schools."
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