eristic vs stupid

eristic

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. 

adj
  • Provoking strife, controversy or discord. 

stupid

noun
  • A stupid person; a fool. 

  • The condition or state of being stupid; stupidity, stupidness. 

adv
  • Extremely. 

adj
  • Dulled in feeling or sensation; torpid. 

  • Amazing. 

  • Replaces an obscene or profane word. 

  • Lacking in intelligence or exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence. 

  • To the point of stupor. 

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