Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Soothsay (2)

Sooth″say′, n. 1. A true saying; a proverb; a prophecy. Spenser.2. Omen; portent. HavingGod turn the same to good soothsay. Spenser.

7238

Soothsayer

Sooth″say′er (?), n. 1. One who foretells events by the art of soothsaying; a prognosticator.2. (Zoöl.) A mantis.

7239

Soothsaying

Sooth″say′ing, n. 1. A true saying; truth.2. The act of one who soothsays; the foretelling of events; the art or practice of making predictions.A damsel, possessed with a spirit...

7240

Sootiness

Soot″i‐ness (?), n. The quality or state of being sooty; fuliginousness. Johnson.

7241

Sootish

Soot″ish, a. Sooty. Sir T. Browne.

7242

Sooty

Soot″y (?), a. [Compar.Sootier (?); superl.Sootiest.] [AS. s�tig. See Soot.] 1. Of or pertaining to soot; producing soot; soiled by soot. “Fire of sooty coal.” Milton.2. Having ...

7243

Sooty (2)

Soot″y, v. t. To black or foul with soot.Sootied with noisome smoke. Chapman.

7244

Sop

Sop (?), n. [OE. sop, soppe; akin to AS. s�pan to sup, to sip, to drink, D. sop sop, G. suppe soup, Icel. soppa sop. See Sup, v. t., and cf. Soup.] 1. Anything steeped, or dippe...

7245

Sop (2)

Sop, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Sopped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Sopping.] To steep or dip in any liquid.

7246

Sope

Sope (?), n. See Soap.

7247

Soph

Soph (?), n.(Eng. Univ.) A contraction of Soph ister.

7248

Soph (2)

Soph, n.(Amer. Colleges) A contraction of Sophomore.

7249

Sophi

So″phi (?), n.; pl.Sophis (�). See Sufi.

7250

Sophic

{ Soph″ic (?), Soph″ic‐al (?) }, a. Teaching wisdom. S. Harris.

7251

Sophime

So‐phime″ (? or?), n. [OF. soffime, sophisme.] Sophism.I trow ye study aboute some sophime. Chaucer.

7252

Sophism

Soph″ism (?), n. [F. sophisme, L. sophisma, fr. Gr. �, fr. � to make wise, � to be become wise, to play the sophist, fr. � wise.] The doctrine or mode of reasoning practiced by ...

7253

Sophist

Soph″ist, n. [F. sophiste, L. sophistes, fr. Gr. �. See Sophism.] 1. One of a class of men who taught eloquence, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece; especially, one of t...

7254

Sophister

Soph″ist‐er (?), n. 1. A sophist. See Sophist. Hooker.2. (Eng. Univ.) A student who is advanced beyond the first year of his residence.☞ The entire course at the university cons...

7255

Sophister (2)

Soph″ist‐er (?), v. t. To maintain by sophistry, or by a fallacious argument. obham.

7256

Sophistic

{ 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 argu...

7257

Sophisticate

So‐phis″ti‐cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Sophisticated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Sophisticating.] [LL. sophisticatus, p. p. of sophisticare to sophisticate.] To render worthless by adm...

7258

Sophisticate (2)

{ So‐phis″ti‐cate (?), So‐phis″ti‐ca′ted (?) }, a. Adulterated; not pure; not genuine.So truth, while only one supplied the state,Grew scare and dear, and yet sophisticate. Dryden.

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Sophistication

So‐phis′ti‐ca″tion (?), n. [Cf. LL. sophisticatio, F. sophistication.] The act of sophisticating; adulteration; as, the sophistication of drugs. Boyle.

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Sophisticator

So‐phis″ti‐ca′tor (?), n. One who sophisticates.

7261

Sophistry

Soph″ist‐ry (?), n. [OE. sophistrie, OF. sophisterie.] 1. The art or process of reasoning; logic.2. The practice of a sophist; fallacious reasoning; reasoning sound in appearanc...

7262

Sophomore

Soph″o‐more (?), n. [Probably fr. soph or sophister + Gr. � foolish. The word was probably introduced into the United States at an early date, from the University of Cambridge, ...

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Sophomoric

{ Soph′o‐mor″ic (?), Soph′o‐mor″ic‐al (?) }, a. Of or pertaining to a sophomore; resembling a sophomore; hence, pretentious; inflated in style or manner; as, sophomoric affectat...