pyrrhonizev.

Brit.

/ˈpɪrənʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˈpɪrəˌnaɪz/

Forms: 1600s 1900s– pyrrhonize, 1800s pyrrhonise.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: proper name Pyrrhōn- , Pyrrhō , -ize suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin Pyrrhōn-, Pyrrhō (see Pyrrhonian adj.) + -ize suffix, after Middle French, French pyrrhoniser (1592 in Montaigne, or earlier). Compare slightly earlier Pyrrhonist n., and also Pyrrhonism n.

rare.

1. intransitive. To practise Pyrrhonism; to doubt; to be sceptical.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > scepticism > be sceptical [verb (intransitive)]

pyrrhonize1603

scepticize1698

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 332 It had bin to Pyrrhonize [Fr. pyrrhoniser] a thousand yeeres agoe, had any man gone about to make a question of the arte of Cosmography.

1935 ELH 2 142 This sermon contains strong reminders of Montaigne's ‘Apologie of Raymond Sebond’, in which Montaigne also ‘Pyrrhonizes’ over Copernicus while he defines the scepticism of the age.

1992 K. Widmer Defiant Desire i. 32 Lawrence dallied with clusters of affirmations around marriage in his tales, novels, poems, and discursive statements..however pyrrhonized in the dramatization and undercutting motives and descriptions.

†2. transitive. To treat sceptically; to transform (a belief, etc.) by treating it sceptically. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > scepticism > treat sceptically [verb (transitive)]

pyrrhonize1849

1849 J. Stephen Ess. Eccl. Biogr. II. 145 His advocates will plead that the Bible..left on his heart and life a more vivid image of Him who is the alpha and the omega of those sacred writings, than was ever impressed on any half-believing, half-rejecting, interpreter, who has pyrrhonised them into a series of myths.

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

单词	pyrrhonize
释义	pyrrhonizev. Brit. /ˈpɪrənʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈpɪrəˌnaɪz/ Forms: 1600s 1900s– pyrrhonize, 1800s pyrrhonise. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: proper name Pyrrhōn- , Pyrrhō , -ize suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin Pyrrhōn-, Pyrrhō (see Pyrrhonian adj.) + -ize suffix, after Middle French, French pyrrhoniser (1592 in Montaigne, or earlier). Compare slightly earlier Pyrrhonist n., and also Pyrrhonism n. rare. 1. intransitive. To practise Pyrrhonism; to doubt; to be sceptical. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > scepticism > be sceptical [verb (intransitive)] pyrrhonize1603 scepticize1698 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 332 It had bin to Pyrrhonize [Fr. pyrrhoniser] a thousand yeeres agoe, had any man gone about to make a question of the arte of Cosmography. 1935 ELH 2 142 This sermon contains strong reminders of Montaigne's ‘Apologie of Raymond Sebond’, in which Montaigne also ‘Pyrrhonizes’ over Copernicus while he defines the scepticism of the age. 1992 K. Widmer Defiant Desire i. 32 Lawrence dallied with clusters of affirmations around marriage in his tales, novels, poems, and discursive statements..however pyrrhonized in the dramatization and undercutting motives and descriptions. †2. transitive. To treat sceptically; to transform (a belief, etc.) by treating it sceptically. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > scepticism > treat sceptically [verb (transitive)] pyrrhonize1849 1849 J. Stephen Ess. Eccl. Biogr. II. 145 His advocates will plead that the Bible..left on his heart and life a more vivid image of Him who is the alpha and the omega of those sacred writings, than was ever impressed on any half-believing, half-rejecting, interpreter, who has pyrrhonised them into a series of myths. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1603
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