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sophist

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈsɒfɪst/Part of speech nounSorted hiopsstStarts with SEnds with T0 clues
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Definitions

  1. someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious

Word origin

Learned borrowing from Latin sophista and sophistes, borrowed from Ancient Greek σοφιστής (sophistḗs, “wise one”), from σοφίζομαι (sophízomai, “to become wise”).

Used in a sentence

  • [T]hey have acted in this Calumny both the injuſtice of the Tyrant, and the forgery of the Sophiſt.

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