单词 | pilpul |
释义 | pilpuln. Chiefly Judaism. Subtle or keen rabbinical argumentation; an instance of this. In extended use: unprofitable argument, quibbling. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > [noun] subtilitya1425 subtilty1569 niceness1580 ob1588 curiosity1605 ergotism1656 refinery1746 over-subtlety1833 ergoism1864 subtileness1867 pilpul1894 society > faith > aspects of faith > law > Jewish law > Talmudic scholar, rabbi > [noun] > teaching or doctrine of > subtle pilpul1894 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > [noun] > instance of curiosityc1380 syllogism1387 webc1400 cobweb1579 refinement1692 refinery1746 pilpul1966 1894 B. Löwy tr. H. H. Graetz Hist. Jews IV. xiii. 418 The astonishing facility of ingenious disquisition on the basis of the Talmud (Pilpul), attributed to Polak, which attained its highest perfection in Poland, proceeded from a native of Poland. 1905 J. Z. Lauterbach in Jewish Encycl. X. 39/2 (heading) Pilpul. A method of Talmudic study. 1966 H. Kemelman Sat. Rabbi went Hungry i. 10 The rabbi returned to the table. His wife shook her head with a smile. ‘That was a terrible pilpul.’ 1982 Jewish Chron. 2 Apr. 24/1 The Secretary of State indulges in some skilled pilpul in his endeavour not to be seen at odds with the Inner london education Authority. 1993 R. Goldstein Strange Attractors 184 My father..was trained in the pilpul—the argumentation—of the Talmud, not the politics of the temple. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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