syllogistic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English syllog(ism) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English syllogistic From syllog(ism) + -istic.
Meanings
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Of or pertaining to a syllogism.
Ganymede was once a girlishly handsome precocious youth. That one cannot for any considerable number of years go on being youthful, girlishly handsome, and precocious, seems on consideration to be a statement as worthy of credit as the famous syllogistic conclusion, "Socrates was mortal."
1879, George Eliot, chapter 12, in Impressions of Theophrastus Such:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more syllogistic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most syllogistic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
polysyllogistic · monosyllogistic · unsyllogistic · syllogistical · prosyllogistic · syllogistically · extrasyllogistic · syllogistic fallacy · nonsyllogistic
Translations (1)
la syllogisticus (relating to syllogism)