Unscramble

s 1 o 1 p 3 h 4 i 1 s 1 t 1

7 letters · 12 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun any of a group of Greek philosophers and teachers in the 5th century BC who speculated on a wide range of subjects

noun someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious

originLearned borrowing from Latin sophista and sophistes, borrowed from Ancient Greek σοφιστής (sophistḗs, “wise one”), from σοφίζομαι (sophízomai, “to become wise”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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