— soritical /saw rit"i keuhl, soh-/ , soritic , adj.
/saw ruy"teez, soh-/ , n. Logic.
a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
[ 1545-55; sorites soreítes lit., heaped, piled up, deriv. of sorós a heap ]