elenctic
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἐλεγκτικός (elenktikós, “refutative”)
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ɨˈlɛŋktɪk/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /əˈlɛŋk.tɪk/
Adjective
elenctic (comparative more elenctic, superlative most elenctic)
- Serving to refute, refutative, especially as part of a systematic interrogation; pertaining to rhetorical elenchus or cross-examination.
- 1941, Vladimir Nabokov, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, Penguin 1971 edition, page 101:
- ‘What lady?’ he asked in the elenctic tones of Lewis Carroll's caterpillar.