elenctic

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ɨˈlɛŋktɪk/    美 /əˈlɛŋk.tɪk/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Serving to refute, refutative, especially as part of a systematic interrogation; pertaining to rhetorical elenchus or cross-examination.
    — ‘What lady?’ he asked in the elenctic tones of Lewis Carroll's caterpillar.

词形变化

more elenctic comparative most elenctic superlative elenchtic alternative elenchtical alternative elenctical alternative

词源

From Ancient Greek ἐλενκτικός (elenktikós, “refutative”).
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