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单词 cynic
释义 cynic
n. & adj.
--n
  1. a person who has little faith in human sincerity and goodness.
  2. (Cynic) one of a school of ancient Greek philosophers founded by Antisthenes, marked by ostentatious contempt for ease and pleasure.
--adj
  1. (Cynic) of the Cynics.
  2. = CYNICAL.
Derivatives
cynicism n.
Etymology: L cynicus f. Gk kunikos f. kuon kunos dog, nickname for a Cynic
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