Emily Dickinson Lexicon — THE-OS'O-PHISM

Definition for THE-OS'O-PHISM

THEO-SOPH'IC, or THE-O-SOPH'IC-AL THE-OS'O-PHIST

THE-OS'O-PHISM, n. [Gr. Θεος, God, and σοφισμα, comment; σοφος, wise.]

Pretension to divine illumination; enthusiasm.

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