pilpul

Meaning

  1. Sophistry, hair-splitting, quibbling.
  2. Penetrating investigation, disputation, and drawing of conclusions, especially in Talmudic study.

Translations

argúcia

Sophisterei

Sophisma

σοφιστεία

sophisma

sophisme

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew פלפול (pilpúl).

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