sophistical Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite plausible but misleading
    sophistic.

WordNet

So*phis"tic, So*phis"tic*al adjective (Also<
  • Sophistic
  • Sophistical
)
Etymology
L. sophisticus, Gr. : cf. F. sophistique.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913