Definition of Soritic

1. sorites [adj] - See also: sorites

Lexicographical Neighbors of Soritic

sorghums
sorgne
sorgo
sorgolactone
sorgolactones
sorgos
sori
soricine
soricoid
soricomorph
soricomorphs
sorie
soring
sorings
sorites
soritic (current term)
soritical
sorn
sorna
sornas
sorned
sorner
sorners
sorning
sornings
sorns
soroban
sorobans
sorocarp
soroche

Literary usage of Soritic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"(soritic.) Ace. 1. A unit [L. äs]. 2. A card marked with a single point or figure, as an ace of hearts. Sometimes = thesmallest quantity; "not an ace. ..."

2. A New Universal History of the Religious Rites, Ceremonies and Customs of by William Hurd (1814)
"... called Mu- soritic copies, because none of them have entirely escaped the rude hands of the ..."

3. The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine (1867)
"Many splendid soritic arguments occur in the writings of St. Paul, eg :— diminishes» it by one grain at a time until the pupil bas to confess that the ..."

4. Diary in France: Mainly on Topics Concerning Education and the Church by Christopher Wordsworth (1845)
"... and you must come at last to what we are, and to what Rome is at the present day." (This soritic reasoning, by the way, is what Cicero calls ..."

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