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单词 pilpulist
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pilpulistn.

Brit. /ˈpɪlpᵿlɪst/, U.S. /ˈpɪlpələst/
Origin: A borrowing from Hebrew, combined with an English element. Etymons: Hebrew pilpul , -ist suffix.
Etymology: < Hebrew pilpul pilpul n. + -ist suffix. Compare later pilpul n.
Judaism.
A person who employs or engages in pilpul; a user of subtle or keen rabbinical argumentation.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > [noun] > practitioner of
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subtilist1610
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subtlist1829
straw-splitter1844
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pilpulist1859
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society > faith > aspects of faith > law > Jewish law > Talmudic scholar, rabbi > [noun] > teaching or doctrine of > subtle > person
pilpulist1859
1859 P. Beaton Jews in East ii. iii. 93 There is not among them a talmudist or pilpulist of any reputation.
1905 Jewish Encycl. x. 40/2 The pilpulist had the advantage of being able to arrive at new conclusions and new doctrines.
1949 Isis 40 204 Confronted with a statement, the pilpulist raises a series of questions, all calculated to wrest from it its full meaning.
1997 N.Y. Times Mag. 1 June 58/1 He is appreciated as what one fellow student admiringly calls ‘a fierce pilpulist,’ exposing hidden loopholes in the Talmudic text.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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