syllogistical
English
Adjective
syllogistical (comparative more syllogistical, superlative most syllogistical)
- syllogistic
- 1828, Thomas Hood, “The Logicians” in The Portfolio, of Amusement and Instruction, in History, Science, Literature, the Fine Arts, &c., number 110, page 385:
- See here two cavillers,
Would-be unravellers
Of abstruse theory and questions mystical,
In tete-a-tete,
And deep debate,
Wrangling according to forms syllogistical.
- See here two cavillers,
- 1828, Thomas Hood, “The Logicians” in The Portfolio, of Amusement and Instruction, in History, Science, Literature, the Fine Arts, &c., number 110, page 385:
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “syllogistical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)