eristic vs high-hat

eristic

adj
  • Provoking strife, controversy or discord. 

noun
  • One who makes specious arguments; one who is disputatious. 

  • A type of dialogue or argument where the participants do not have any reasonable goal. The aim is to argue for the sake of conflict, and often to see who can yell the loudest. 

high-hat

adj
  • disdainful; haughty 

noun
  • A person who acts in a superior manner. 

  • A low camera mount without tripod legs. 

  • A large pill of opium for smoking. 

verb
  • To snub or treat condescendingly. 

How often have the words eristic and high-hat occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )