Diogenes
[daɪˈɑdʒəˌniz]
Definition
(noun.) an ancient Greek philosopher and Cynic who rejected social conventions (circa 400-325 BC).
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Definition
(n.) A Greek Cynic philosopher (412?-323 B. C.) who lived much in Athens and was distinguished for contempt of the common aims and conditions of life, and for sharp, caustic sayings.
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Examples
- Miss Fanshawe there regards you as a second Diogenes. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Now, old Crusty--old Diogenes (these were her familiar terms for me when we disagreed), what is the matter now? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Well, in the Diogenes Club, for example. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- You are a real old Diogenes. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The Diogenes Club is the queerest club in London, and Mycroft one of the queerest men. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- It is for the convenience of these that the Diogenes Club was started, and it now contains the most unsociable and unclubable men in town. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I was presented under my various names: the Dragon, Diogenes, and Timon. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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