sophister

soph·ist·er

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sof-uh-ster]
- /ˈsɒf ə stər/
- /sˈɒfɪstə/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sof-uh-ster]
- /ˈsɒf ə stər/

Definitions of sophister word

noun sophister a specious, unsound, or fallacious reasoner. 1
noun sophister Chiefly British. (especially formerly) a second or third year student at a university. 1
noun sophister Obsolete. an ancient Greek sophist. 1
noun sophister (esp formerly) a second-year undergraduate at certain British universities 0

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Origin of sophister

First appearance:

before 1350

One of the 20% oldest English words

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

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Parts of speech for Sophister

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Sophister

sophister popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 47% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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