elenchusn.

/ɪˈlɛŋkəs/

Forms: plural elenchi.

Etymology: < Latin elenchus, < Greek ἔλεγχος cross-examination. (Sense 3 appears to be only Latin; perhaps another word.

a. Logic. = elench n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [noun] > contradictory point

elencha1529

counterpoint1565

destructory1621

destructive1640

the reverse of the medalc1660

elenchus1663

backfall1838

1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 258 I shall bring you, with your pack Of Fallacies, t' Elenchi back.

1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.

1860 W. Thomson Outl. Laws of Thought (ed. 5) §127. 271 Admitting the apparent correctness of the opposing argument, we may prove the contradictory of its conclusion by an unassailable argument of our own, which is then called an Elenchus (ἔλεγχος).

1878 ‘G. Eliot’ College Breakfast Party in Macmillan's Mag. July 176 No dull elenchus makes a yoke for her.

b. Socratic elenchus: the method pursued by Socrates of eliciting truth by means of short question and answer.

ΚΠ

1850 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. (ed. 2) I. 116 My [Socrates'] elenchus is nothing better in itself than the logic..of any other professor.]

1874 J. P. Mahaffy Social Life Greece xi. 340 Such people..cared little about even the Socratic elenchus.

2. = elench n. 2. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.

†3. Historical. (See quot.)In modern dictionaries.

ΚΠ

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Elenchus, in antiquity, a kind of ear-ring set with pearls.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	elenchus
释义	elenchusn. /ɪˈlɛŋkəs/ Forms: plural elenchi. Etymology: < Latin elenchus, < Greek ἔλεγχος cross-examination. (Sense 3 appears to be only Latin; perhaps another word. 1. a. Logic. = elench n. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [noun] > contradictory point elencha1529 counterpoint1565 destructory1621 destructive1640 the reverse of the medalc1660 elenchus1663 backfall1838 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 258 I shall bring you, with your pack Of Fallacies, t' Elenchi back. 1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. 1860 W. Thomson Outl. Laws of Thought (ed. 5) §127. 271 Admitting the apparent correctness of the opposing argument, we may prove the contradictory of its conclusion by an unassailable argument of our own, which is then called an Elenchus (ἔλεγχος). 1878 ‘G. Eliot’ College Breakfast Party in Macmillan's Mag. July 176 No dull elenchus makes a yoke for her. b. Socratic elenchus: the method pursued by Socrates of eliciting truth by means of short question and answer. ΚΠ 1850 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. (ed. 2) I. 116 My [Socrates'] elenchus is nothing better in itself than the logic..of any other professor.] 1874 J. P. Mahaffy Social Life Greece xi. 340 Such people..cared little about even the Socratic elenchus. 2. = elench n. 2. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. †3. Historical. (See quot.)In modern dictionaries. ΚΠ 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Elenchus, in antiquity, a kind of ear-ring set with pearls. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1663
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