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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1520-1549
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Sophistar, -er, n. [ME and e.m.E. sofistre (Wyclif), sophister (Trevisa), OF soffistre (early 13th c. in Larousse), f. as Sophist n.] = Sophist n. —c1520-c1535 Nisbet III 316/6.
For it [sc. the Epistle to the Romans] hes beynne … sa … dirknetht with glosses, ande woundirful dremis of sophisters, that na man could spye out the entent 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 183/29.
Thir freuole sophistaris that marthirs and sklandirs the text of Aristotel
