14 letters · 21 points in Scrabble
noun uplifting enlightenment
noun a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
noun being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject
originFrom Middle English sophisticacion, sophisticacioun, sophisticacoun, from Old French sofisticacion, sophisticacion, from Medieval Latin sophisticātiōnis. By surface analysis, sophisticate + -ion.
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