sophistry

Etymology

Comes from Middle English safistre, soffistre, sofystry, sophestrie, sophestry, sophestrye, sophistre, sophistri, sophistrie, sophistry, sophistrye and sophystrye, from Old French sofisterie and sophistrie and Medieval Latin sophistria and Anglo-Latin sophestria, from Latin sophista, from Ancient Greek σοφιστής (sophistḗs, “wise man”), from σοφίζω (sophízō, “to be wise”), from σοφός (sophós, “wise”); equivalent to sophist + -ry.