Pyrrhonicn.adj.

Brit.

/pᵻˈrɒnɪk/, U.S.

/pəˈrɑnɪk/

Forms: 1500s Pironick, 1600s Pironik, 1600s Pyrrhonick, 1600s Pyrrhonicque, 1700s– Pyrrhonic.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Pyrrhōn- , Pyrrhō , -ic suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin Pyrrhōn-, Pyrrhō (see Pyrrhonian n.) + -ic suffix. Compare post-classical Latin Pyrrhonicus , adjective (c1550), French †Pyrrhonicques , plural noun (1607 in the passage translated in quot. 1621 at sense A.). With use as noun compare earlier Pyrrhonian n. With use as adjective compare earlier Pyrrhonian adj. and Pyrrhonical adj.

Chiefly Philosophy.

A. n.

= Pyrrhonian n. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > scepticism > [noun] > Pyrrhonism > adherent of or radical sceptic

Pyrrhonian1556

Pyrrhonic1593

Pyrrhonist1598

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > post-Socratic philosophy > [noun] > Greek scepticism > adherent of

Pyrrhonian1556

sceptic1587

Pyrrhonic1593

Pyrrhonist1598

Epochist1603

zetetic1658

New Academic1660

acataleptic1679

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 58^v They followe the Pironicks, whose position and opinion it is, that there is no Hel or misery but opinion.

1621 E. Grimeston tr. J. Guillemard Combat betwixt Man & Death 202 And what shall we say of the Pyrrhonicques [Fr. Pyrrhonicques], who make profession to doubt all things?

a1671 M. Casaubon Treat. Spirits (1672) 155 I am no Sceptick or Pyrrhonick.

1725 I. Watts Logick ii. ii. §7 After these arose the sect of Pyrrhonics.

1772 J. Fenn Instr. given in Drawing School II. p. xv Two Sects among the Ancients were the declared Enemies of Mathematicks, the Pyrrhonics and the Epicureans.

1984 tr. B. Viotti in Noûs 18 138 They precipitate the spirit of the young from truth itself..down to the heresy of Pyrrhonics and Academics.

B. adj.

= Pyrrhonian adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > scepticism > [adjective] > of Pyrrhonism

Pyrrhonian1603

Pyrrhonic1752

Pyrrhonistic1846

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > [adjective] > of sceptic philosophy > of systems of

New Academic1603

Pyrrhonian1603

Pyrrhonical1616

Pyrrhonic1752

Pyrrhonistic1846

1752 S. Nye Disc. Nat. & Revealed Relig. xi. 237 Bodies and motion..are yet perplexed with such exceptions, by the philosophers of the Pyrrhonic sect.

1791 W. Enfield Brucker's Hist. Philos. I. ii. xvi. 488 The Tenets of the Pyrrhonic sect.

1831 I. Taylor Pref. Ess. to Edwards' Freed. Will 32 Such doctrines as the Pyrrhonic or the Stoic..have a claim to be listened to.

1873 Appleton's Jrnl. 17 May 664/2 The reader of English sensationalism may yawn, and the pyrrhonic worldling may smile at the commonplace adventures of Walt and Vult.

1892 Nation (N.Y.) 13 Oct. 275/1 The inquiring, pyrrhonic spirit of the age is fatal to presumptions of this sort.

1912 G. S. Fullerton World we live In ii. 23 The Pyrrhonic abstension from judgment is a bit of a pompous pretense, an attitude to be taken in the pulpit, and to be abandoned incontinently when one appears in the street.

1946 M. H. Carré Realists & Nominalists i. 9 The heirs of Pyrrhonic scepticism were the philosophers of the New Academy whose opinions were elegently represented for Augustine by the writings of Cicero.

1999 C. Mace Heart & Soul iv. 47 Like Socrates, Pyrrho wrote nothing, most ‘Pyrrhonic’ writings being authored by Sextus Empiricus in the 3rd century AD.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pyrrhonic
释义	Pyrrhonicn.adj. Brit. /pᵻˈrɒnɪk/, U.S. /pəˈrɑnɪk/ Forms: 1500s Pironick, 1600s Pironik, 1600s Pyrrhonick, 1600s Pyrrhonicque, 1700s– Pyrrhonic. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Pyrrhōn- , Pyrrhō , -ic suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin Pyrrhōn-, Pyrrhō (see Pyrrhonian n.) + -ic suffix. Compare post-classical Latin Pyrrhonicus , adjective (c1550), French †Pyrrhonicques , plural noun (1607 in the passage translated in quot. 1621 at sense A.). With use as noun compare earlier Pyrrhonian n. With use as adjective compare earlier Pyrrhonian adj. and Pyrrhonical adj. Chiefly Philosophy. A. n. = Pyrrhonian n. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > scepticism > [noun] > Pyrrhonism > adherent of or radical sceptic Pyrrhonian1556 Pyrrhonic1593 Pyrrhonist1598 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > post-Socratic philosophy > [noun] > Greek scepticism > adherent of Pyrrhonian1556 sceptic1587 Pyrrhonic1593 Pyrrhonist1598 Epochist1603 zetetic1658 New Academic1660 acataleptic1679 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 58^v They followe the Pironicks, whose position and opinion it is, that there is no Hel or misery but opinion. 1621 E. Grimeston tr. J. Guillemard Combat betwixt Man & Death 202 And what shall we say of the Pyrrhonicques [Fr. Pyrrhonicques], who make profession to doubt all things? a1671 M. Casaubon Treat. Spirits (1672) 155 I am no Sceptick or Pyrrhonick. 1725 I. Watts Logick ii. ii. §7 After these arose the sect of Pyrrhonics. 1772 J. Fenn Instr. given in Drawing School II. p. xv Two Sects among the Ancients were the declared Enemies of Mathematicks, the Pyrrhonics and the Epicureans. 1984 tr. B. Viotti in Noûs 18 138 They precipitate the spirit of the young from truth itself..down to the heresy of Pyrrhonics and Academics. B. adj. = Pyrrhonian adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > scepticism > [adjective] > of Pyrrhonism Pyrrhonian1603 Pyrrhonic1752 Pyrrhonistic1846 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > [adjective] > of sceptic philosophy > of systems of New Academic1603 Pyrrhonian1603 Pyrrhonical1616 Pyrrhonic1752 Pyrrhonistic1846 1752 S. Nye Disc. Nat. & Revealed Relig. xi. 237 Bodies and motion..are yet perplexed with such exceptions, by the philosophers of the Pyrrhonic sect. 1791 W. Enfield Brucker's Hist. Philos. I. ii. xvi. 488 The Tenets of the Pyrrhonic sect. 1831 I. Taylor Pref. Ess. to Edwards' Freed. Will 32 Such doctrines as the Pyrrhonic or the Stoic..have a claim to be listened to. 1873 Appleton's Jrnl. 17 May 664/2 The reader of English sensationalism may yawn, and the pyrrhonic worldling may smile at the commonplace adventures of Walt and Vult. 1892 Nation (N.Y.) 13 Oct. 275/1 The inquiring, pyrrhonic spirit of the age is fatal to presumptions of this sort. 1912 G. S. Fullerton World we live In ii. 23 The Pyrrhonic abstension from judgment is a bit of a pompous pretense, an attitude to be taken in the pulpit, and to be abandoned incontinently when one appears in the street. 1946 M. H. Carré Realists & Nominalists i. 9 The heirs of Pyrrhonic scepticism were the philosophers of the New Academy whose opinions were elegently represented for Augustine by the writings of Cicero. 1999 C. Mace Heart & Soul iv. 47 Like Socrates, Pyrrho wrote nothing, most ‘Pyrrhonic’ writings being authored by Sextus Empiricus in the 3rd century AD. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1593
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