† ˈceratine, a. Obs.—0
[ad. L. ceratina, or Gr. κερατίνης ‘the fallacy called the horns, thus stated in Diog. L. vii. 187, εἴ τι οὐκ ἀπέβαλες, τοῦτο ἔχεις· κέρατα δέ οὐκ ἀπέβαλες· κέρατα ἄρα ἔχεις’, If you have not cast a thing (away), you have it: but you have not cast horns; therefore you have horns.]
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., Ceratine, as ceratine arguments, sophistical and intricate arguments. 1678–96 Phillips, Ceratine, Horny, as Ceratine Arguments, Horny and subtile Arguments. 1721–1800 Bailey (from Blount). |