{ So‐phis″tic (?), So‐phis″tic‐al }, a. [L. sophisticus, Gr. �: cf. F. sophistique.] Of or pertaining to a sophist; embodying sophistry; fallaciously subtile; not sound.
His argument... is altogether sophistical. Macaulay.
— So‐phis″tic‐al‐ly, adv. — So‐phis″tic‐al‐ness, n.