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† Pythaˈgorical, a. Obs.
[f. as prec. + -al1: see -ical.]
= Pythagoric a. In quot. 1608 allusively (cf. Pythagorean A. b).
1570Dee Math. Pref. ☛iiij b, The Pythagoricall, and Platonicall perfect scholer..may (like the Bee) gather, hereby, both wax and hony. 1608Middleton Trick to Catch Old One iv. v, Pythagorical rascal!..Ay, he changes his cloak when he meets a sergeant. 1638Rawley tr. Bacon's Life & Death (1650) 19 Apollonius Tyaneus..In his Dyet Pythagoricall; A great Traveller; Much Renowned. 1696Edwards Demonstr. Exist. & Provid. God i. 68 The Pythagorical Musick of the spheres. |