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[sofisterie] (s.xiii2/4)
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[sofisterie] (s.xiii2/4)

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sofiterye,  sophistrie,  soufistrie  
  FEW:  sophistes 12,104a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  sohpiesterie 10,689a TL: sofisterie 9,721 DEAF:  sofiste (sofisterie)  DMF:  sophisterie  TLF: ∅ OED:  sophistry n.  MED:  sophistri(e n.  DMLBS:  sophistria 3134a

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1sophistry, specious reasoning: 
( 1305 )  Ceo est sofiterye; e ceste place (=court) est ordiné pur verité  33-35 Ed I 21
( 1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Ly sages dist que nuls s'affie En celluy, qui par sophistrie Parole  3590
2trick, ruse?: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  (To cure patient:)couche le malade en un leu clier de air et eaus. E li face [l’en] unes soufistries  i 173

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See also:

sofisme  sofisticall  sofistiquer  sofistre 
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