\So*phis"tic\, Sophistical \So*phis"tic*al\, a. [L.
sophisticus, Gr. ?: cf. F. sophistique.]
Of or pertaining to a sophist; embodying sophistry;
fallaciously subtile; not sound.
      His argument . . . is altogether sophistical.
                                               --Macaulay.
-- {So*phis"tic*al*ly}, adv. -- {So*phis"tic*al*ness}, n.