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eristical

eristical is the uncommon form of eristic.

Meaning of eristic

Adjective

eristic (comparative more eristic, superlative most eristic)

  1. Provoking strife, controversy or discord.
    • c. 1810-1834? Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Waterland
      a specimen of admirable special pleading in the court of eristic logic

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Questions about eristical

What is eristical the uncommon form of?
Eristical is the uncommon form of eristic.

Words near eristical in the dictionary

  1. erisophake
  2. erisophakes
  3. eristavi
  4. eristavis
  5. eristic
  6. eristical
  7. eristically
  8. eristicophin
  9. eristics
  10. eristostatin
  11. eritadenine

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