Plinyism (noun)
plin-ee-iz-m
An assertion of doubtful truth or accuracy, as with some statements in Pliny’s Natural History.
Now obsolete, from Pliny’s Natural History.
Example sentences
“We should call him President Pliny given his fondness for plinyism and his constant inaccuracies and untruths”
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