Soph, sof, n. an abbreviation of sophister (q.v.)—also of sophomore (q.v.).
Sopherim, sō′fe-rim, n.pl. the scribes, the expounders of the Jewish oral law.—adj. Sō′pheric. [Heb.]
Sophi, sō′fi, n. (Milt.) a title of the king of Persia. [Pers. sufi, wise, pious.]
Sophic, -al, sof′ik, -al, adj. teaching wisdom, pertaining to wisdom.—adv. Soph′ically.
Sophism, sof′izm, n. a specious fallacy..—n. Soph′ist, one of a class of public teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, &c. in Greece in the 5th century B.C.: a captious or fallacious reasoner—also Soph′ister (Shak.): a student at an English university in his second or third year, the students in these years being called junior and senior sophister respectively.—adjs. Sophis′tic, -al, pertaining to a sophist or to sophistry: fallaciously subtle.—adv. Sophis′tically.—n. Sophis′ticalness, the state or quality of being sophistical.—v.t. Sophis′ticāte, to render sophistical or unsound: to corrupt by mixture.—adj. Sophis′ticāted, adulterated: impure: not genuine.—ns. Sophisticā′tion, act of sophisticating, adulterating, or injuring by mixture; Sophis′ticātor, one who sophisticates or adulterates; Sophis′ticism, the philosophy or the methods of the sophists; Soph′istress, a she-sophist; Soph′istry, specious but fallacious reasoning. [Fr. sophisme—Gr. sophisma—sophizein, to make wise—sophos, wise.]
Sophoclean, sof-ō-klē′an, adj. pertaining to Sophocles, Athenian tragic poet (496-405 B.C.).
Sophomore, sof′ō-mōr, n. (U.S.) a second-year student.—adj. pertaining to such.—adjs. Sophomor′ic, -al, [Gr. sophos, wise, mōros, foolish.]
Sophora, sō-fō′ra, n. a genus of leguminous plants, natives of warm regions of both the Old and New World, with highly ornamental white, yellow, or violet flowers—Sophora Japonica is the Japanese or Chinese pagoda-tree. [Ar. sofāra—asfar, yellow.]
Sophrosyne, sō-fros′i-nē, n. soundness of mind. [Gr.]
Sopient, sō′pi-ent, n. a soporific.