English Explanatory Dictionary

pilpulic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to pilpul.
  2. Having to do with detailed, intense rabbinical analysis or discussion of the Talmud.
  3. Overly concerned with minutiae.

Word forms

pilpulic more pilpulic most pilpulic

Etymology

From pilpul + -ic.

Synonyms

casuistic hair-splitting oversubtle sophistic
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