E-ris'tie or E-ris'tie-al, a.

a. [Gr. ἐριστικός, fond of wrangling or arguing, from ἐρίζειν, to strive, wrangle, from ἔρις, strife.] Pertaining to disputes; controversial. [Obs. or rare.]

A specimen of admirable special pleading in the court of eristic logic. Coleridge.