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Pythagoric, a. (n.) Now rare.|pɪθəˈgɒrɪk, paɪ-|
[ad. L. Pȳthagoric-us, a. Gr. Πῡθαγορικός, f. Πῡθαγόρας: see prec. So F. pythagorique (Rabelais, 16th c.).]
= Pythagorean a.
1653H. More Conject. Cabbal. (1713) 38 It may be a question, whether in that Pythagorick Oath. οὐ µὰ τὸν, &c. they did not swear by God. a1704T. Brown tr. æneas Sylvius' Lett. lxxxii, With more than Pythagorick Silence, you pass your melancholy Hours. 1746Francis tr. Horace, Ep. ii. i. 70 Ennius..Forgets his Promise, now secure of Fame, And heeds no more his Pythagoric Dream. 1881Shorthouse J. Inglesant xvii, An ethereal sort of body—to use the Pythagoric phrase.
†B. n. = Pythagorean n. Obs. rare.
1652Gaule Magastrom. xxvi, That..which the Pythagoricks did assert. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. i. 22 An Ancient Opinion..delivered down by some..Pythagoricks. |