choplogical
English
Adjective
choplogical (not comparable)
- (rare) Characterized by equivocation or by overly complex or specious argumentation; improperly reasoned.
- 1659, Richard Brome, The Queen and Concubine, act 4. scene 5:
- How! you choplogical rascal, peasants!
- 1961, Ethel Seaton, Sir Richard Ross, c. 1410-1482: Lancastrian Poet, R. Hart-Davis, page 496:
- This is not Roos's usual style, but surely a skit of Maud's manner of choplogical circular argumentation, which irresistibly recalls the verses read as 'evidence' before the King of Hearts.
- 1659, Richard Brome, The Queen and Concubine, act 4. scene 5:
Synonyms
- chop logic (adj.)
- illogical
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