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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Polemick, n. [17th-18th c. Eng. polemick adj. controversial, disputatious (1641), n. controversy (1706), controversialist (a 1680), med. L. polemicus, from the Gk. Cf. F. polémique (a 1630).] a. An agressive controversy. b. A controversialist. —1638 Drummond Irene in Drummond Wks. (1711) 172.
Amidst our … furious polemicks [etc.] 1639 Hamilton P. (Camden Soc.) 99.
I am no polemick to haue hand in such debates
