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problematical, a.|prɒblɪˈmætɪkəl|
[f. as problematic a. + -al1.]
†1. Of the nature of a problem (problem 4). Obs.
1570Billingsley Euclid xi. xxxiii. 347 Methods, and engines.. whereby to execute thys Problematicall Lemma. 1696Phillips (ed. 5), Problematical, belonging to a Problem, which is opposed to a Theoreme.
2. Of which the solution, realization, or truth is uncertain; disputable; doubtful; = problematic 1.
1611Cotgr., Problematique, Problematicall, belonging to a Probleme. 1621Bp. R. Montagu Diatribæ 293 Those men who propound..their priuate, probable and problematical opinions,..of the Number of the Beast. 1624Donne Devot. 297 His happinesse is but disputable and problematicall. 1628― Serm. vi. (1640) 61 Problematical points, of which, either side may be true,..should not extinguish particular charity towards one another. 1793Smeaton Edystone L. §253 It appeared to me very problematical whether we might be able..to get another course finished this Season. 1815W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 69 note, Which is..to my mind a very problematical assertion. 1891Law Times XCI. 2/1 No one can help sympathising with the effort.., though its success may be problematical.
b. Involving or giving rise to problems or questions; of which the nature is unsettled.
1770C. Jenner Placid Man I. iii. viii. 206 His lordship's conduct had been a little problematical. 1799Monthly Rev. XXX. 572 We recommend them to the candid attention of future writers on this curious and very problematical branch of natural philosophy. 1830Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 346 Aware of the many problematical appearances which igneous rocks of the most modern origin assume, especially after decomposition. 1875Whitney Life Lang. x. 186 A dialect of peculiar and problematical character.
3. = problematic a. 2. problematical question, a question put forth merely for discussion, but not of any practical bearing; an academic question.
1588[implied in problematically]. 1621Bp. R. Montagu Diatribæ 140 To follow coniecturall probabilities, or to proue by arguments problematicall, did not stand with the nature or notion of a professed History. 1651Biggs New Disp. §60 Subtile problematicall disputing upon every proposition. 1660Blount Boscobel 36 His Majesty..was pleased merrily to propose it, as a Problematical Question, Whether Himself or the Col. were the Master-cook at Boscobel and the supremacy was of right adjudg'd to His Majesty. 1662J. Davies tr. Olearius' Voy. Ambass. 124 Lutherane Doctours in Sueden and Livonia, who have made it a problematical question, whether the Muscovites were Christians or not? 1842Abp. Thomson Laws Th. §118 (1860) 242 The problematical judgment is neither subjectively nor objectively true: that is, it is neither held with entire certainty by the thinking subject, nor can we show that it truly represents the object about which we judge.
4. Chess. = problematic a. 3.
1895B. G. Laws in Brit. Chess Mag. 61 On a superficial grasp of the problematical positions. |