# sophistical

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
1. Pertaining to a sophist or sophistry.
2. Fallacious, misleading or incorrect in logic or reasoning, especially intentionally.

## Etymology
From Middle English sophistical, sophisticale, sophisticall, from Anglo-Latin sophisticālis, equivalent to sophist + -ical.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sophistical