n.
Pronunciation: s ə - ' r ī -( ˌ )t ē z
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural sorites
Etymology: Latin, from Greek s ō rit ē s, from s ō ros heap
Date: 1551
: an argument consisting of propositions so arranged that the predicate of any one forms the subject of the next and the conclusion unites the subject of the first proposition with the predicate of the last