Eristic \E*ris"tic\, Eristical \E*ris"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to strive, wrangle, ? strife.] Controversial. [Archaic] A specimen of admirable special pleading in the court of eristic logic. --Coleridge.
eristical adj : given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments [syn: {eristic}]