1. A sophism; a syllogism which confutes an adversary by making him contradict himself.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• elencus,
• elenchs,
• wlenchus,
• slenchus,
• dlenchus,
• rlenchus,
• 4lenchus,
• 3lenchus,
• ekenchus,
• epenchus,
• eoenchus,
• elwnchus,
• elechus,
• eelenchus,
• Ellencus,
• Elenchos,
• Ealencus,
• Ealenchus,
• Elencheus,
• Elenthus

• elanus,
• Elench.

The adjective form of "Elenchus" is "elenctic".

The plural of the "Elenchus" can be the "elenchi".

The singular of the "Elenchus" can be the "Elenchus".