† catasophistryn.
Obsolete. rare.
Quibbling, deceit.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > trivial argument, quibble > [noun]
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a1614 J. Melville Let. in Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 782 Greater craft..and catasophistrie wer nevir usit.
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