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Eristical

Eristic \E*ris"tic\, Eristical \E*ris"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to strive, wrangle, ? strife.] Controversial. [Archaic]

A specimen of admirable special pleading in the court of eristic logic.
--Coleridge.

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eristical

a. (obsolete form of eristic English)

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eristical

adj. given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments [syn: eristic]