a fallacious argument; an unsound subtilty;a fallacy కుత్కరము. In 2 Peter. 1. 16. Sesophismenois mythoisకల్పితోపన్యాసము. A+. "He silenced him with this sophism. Thereare some degrees of fever in which cold water is good for a man: every man who has  a fever has it in some degree: and therefore water is good for every man in a fever." -Again, Do you know your father? yes, Do  you know  this  man who is veiled? No. Then you do not know your father, for it is he thatis veiled. (Penny Cyclop.)