sophister

[ sof-uh-ster ]
/ ˈsɒf ə stər /

noun

a specious, unsound, or fallacious reasoner.
Chiefly British. (especially formerly) a second or third year student at a university.
Obsolete. an ancient Greek sophist.

Origin of sophister

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French sophistre < Latin sophista. See sophist

Words nearby sophister

sophi, sophia, sophie, sophism, sophist, sophister, sophistic, sophisticate, sophisticated, sophistication, sophistry

Example sentences from the Web for sophister

  • Do not let any sophister teach thee that thy God is far aloft from thee as the stars are.

    Jacob Behmen |Alexander Whyte

  • Soph (abbreviation of sophister), a title peculiar to the University of Cambridge.

    The Slang Dictionary |John Camden Hotten

  • He ridicules his opponent's arguments as worthy of "a sophister in the parvyse schools."

    Notes and Queries, Number 191, June 25, 1853 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for sophister

sophister
/ (ˈsɒfɪstə) /

noun

(esp formerly) a second-year undergraduate at certain British universities
rare another word for sophist