SINCE 1828
elenctic
adjective
elenc·tic
variants:
or
elenchtic
\ -ŋtik
\
or less commonly
elenctical
or
elenchtical
\ -tə̇kəl
\
Definition of elenctic
: serving to refute —used of indirect modes of proof —opposed to deictic
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