eristic

¹eris·tic

adj \i-ˈris-tik, e-\

Definition of ERISTIC

: characterized by disputatious and often subtle and specious reasoning

— eris·ti·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

Variants of ERISTIC

eris·tic also eris·ti·cal \-ti-kəl\

Origin of ERISTIC

Greek eristikos fond of wrangling, from erizein to wrangle, from eris strife

First Known Use: 1637

Rhymes with ERISTIC

artistic, autistic, ballistic, Buddhistic, cladistic, cubistic, deistic, ekistic, faunistic, floristic, heuristic, holistic, hubristic, juristic, linguistic, logistic, meristic, monistic, patristic, phlogistic, puristic, simplistic, sophistic, statistic, stylistic, Taoistic, theistic, Thomistic, touristic, tropistic, truistic, veristic, Yahwistic