sophim

Middle English

Alternative forms

soffem, soffyme, sofim, sophem, sopheme, sophime, sophisme, sophym, sophyme, sophymme, sophysme

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French soffime, sophisme, from Latin sophisma, from Ancient Greek σόφῐσμᾰ (sóphisma).

Noun

sophim (plural sophims)

sophism (fallacious argument)
a logical question or ambiguous proposition

Descendants

English: sophism

References

“sophī̆m(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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