ergoteurn.
/ɛːɡəˈtəː/ = ergoteerer n. at ergoteer v. Derivatives.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > [noun] > practitioner of
ergonist1593
ergo1597
subtilist1610
subtilizer1611
ob-and-soller1678
ergoteerer1687
splitter1699
ergotist1739
subtlist1829
straw-splitter1844
hair-splitter1851
pilpulist1859
ergoteur1881
1881 19th Cent. Sept. 325 Mr. Gladstone and this famous ergoteur are the only people living who have boundless faith in reasoning.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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