the conclusion. cut blocks with a razor, beat about the bush, play fast
and loose, play fast and loose with the facts, blow hot and cold, prove
that black is white and white black, travel out of the record, parler a
tort et a travers[Fr][obs3], put oneself out of court, not have a leg
to stand on. judge hastily, shoot from the hip, jump to conclusions
(misjudgment) 481. Adj. intuitive, instinctive, impulsive; independent
of reason, anterior to reason; gratuitous, hazarded; unconnected.
unreasonable, illogical, false, unsound, invalid; unwarranted, not
following; inconsequent, inconsequential; inconsistent; absonous|,
absonant[obs3]; unscientific; untenable, inconclusive, incorrect;
fallacious, fallible; groundless, unproved; non sequitur[Latin: it does
not follow]. deceptive, sophistical, jesuitical; illusive, illusory;
specious, hollow, plausible, ad captandum[Lat], evasive; irrelevant &c.