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单词 pyrrhonical
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Pyrrhonicaladj.

Brit. /pᵻˈrɒnɪkl/, U.S. /pəˈrɑnɪk(ə)l/
Forms: 1600s Pyrrhonicall, 1800s– Pyrrhonical. Also with lower-case initial.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element; perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: proper name Pyrrhōn- , Pyrrhō , -ical suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin Pyrrhōn-, Pyrrhō (see Pyrrhonian n.) + -ical suffix, perhaps after post-classical Latin Pyrrhonicus (see Pyrrhonic n.). Compare earlier Pyrrhonic n. and later Pyrrhonic adj.
rare.
= Pyrrhonian adj.
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Pyrrhonian1603
Pyrrhonical1616
Pyrrhonic1752
Pyrrhonistic1846
1616 P. Hay Vision Balaams Asse Ep. Ded. ¶4 It is to be feared, lest in time..the iudgements of men should become Pyrrhonicall and Problematicall, as if there were no truth in things but all were indifferent.
1837 R. M. Bird in Amer. Monthly Mag. Aug. 127 Mr. Sniggins looked around him with a Pyrrhonical smile.
1997 J. D. Woodbrige in D. J. Moo Biblical Authority & Conservative Perspectives i. 48 These individuals borrowed many of their arguments from the pyrrhonical arsenal in their veiled swipes at Christian authorities.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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