† argutationn.
Obsolete.
Cavilling, cavil, quibble.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > frivolous, captious objection > [noun]
cavillation138.
hafting1519
brabbling1532
brabblementa1563
chicanery1589
caption1605
illaqueation1605
argutation1641
chicane1681
1641 Bp. J. Hall Short Answer Vindic. Smectymnuus Pref. 8 It is not the force of their argutation, that could move me one foot forward.
a1656 Bp. J. Hall Great Myst. Godliness (1659) viii. 31 Their devillish and frivolous Argutations.
a1680 J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) i. 166 That which this Objection further urges..is..a very unlearned and unskilful argutation.
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