Middle English Dictionary Entry
sophisticā̆l(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | sophisticā̆l(e adj. |
| Etymology | AL sophisticālis |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Fallacious, sophistic; (b) ?capable of reasoning, rational; (c) skilled in philosophy, learned, subtle.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)154b/a : Þis logicale wordez & sophisticale [Ch.(2): of sophemes; L sophistica]..semeþ to me no wise to be resonable ne trewe.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.World (Hrl 2255)49 : An argement sophistical doth me conclude, Hym which to resoun yevith aduertence.
b
- a1500 *Of spayn (Ashm 759)125b : A stone, That in this worlde nys suche on..is callid anymall, Richer then the mynerall, Which is founde in euery place..In the and me and ouerall, Bothe vegitable and sophisticall [vr. bestial].
c
- a1500 Chaucer TC (Hrl 3943)5.1870 : O morall Gowar, þis booke I directe To þe & to þi sophistical [Corp-C: Philosophical] stroode To vouchesaue..to correcte.