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choplogical en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, rare) Characterized by equivocation or by overly complex or specious argumentation; improperly reasoned.
    • How! you choplogical rascal, peasants! 1659, Richard Brome, The Queen and Concubine, act 4. scene 5:
    • This is not Roos's usual style, but surely a skit of Maud's manner of choplogical circular argumentation, which irresistibly recalls the verses read as 'evidence' before the King of Hearts. 1961, Ethel Seaton, Sir Richard Ross, c. 1410-1482: Lancastrian Poet, R. Hart-Davis, page 496:

Synonyms

illogical · chop logic