elenctic
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 8
/ɨˈlɛŋktɪk/
(UK)
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/ɨˈlɛŋktɪk/ (UK) · /əˈlɛŋk.tɪk/ (US)
Definition of elenctic
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Serving to refute, refutative, especially as part of a systematic interrogation; pertaining to rhetorical elenchus or cross-examination.
“‘What lady?’ he asked in the elenctic tones of Lewis Carroll's caterpillar.”
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐλενκτικός (elenktikós, “refutative”).
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