pleistodox,a.nonce-wd.|ˈplaɪstədɒks| [f.Gr. πλεῖστος most + δόξα opinion, after orthodox.] Holding the opinion of the majority. 1814Coleridge Lett. to J. P. Estlin (1884) 109 His proper language as an orthodox, or (if I might coin a more modest expression), a pleistodox..man.