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Originally Posted by Backwoods Presbyterian Elenctic
E`lencītic
a. 1. (Logic) Serving to refute; refutative; - applied to indirect modes of proof, and opposed to deictic.
Deictic
deic·tic (dktk)
adj.
1. Logic Directly proving by argument. | Thanks.
I've definitely gotta work on improving my vocabulary.
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Who makes up these words, anyway?
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I believe both these words come from Lingua Latina (the Latin language).
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