n.
1.uplifting enlightenment
2.a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
3.being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject
4.the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated through cultivation or experience or disillusionment
5.falsification by the use of sophistry
Idiom of the Day
shine up to (someone)
to try to please someone, to try to make friends with someone
The man is always shining up to his boss in the hopes of getting an increase in salary.