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Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
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1828 Definition
CYNIC, CYNICAL, a. [Gr., canine, a dog.] Having the qualities of a surly dog; snarling; captious; surly; currish; austere.
1913 Definition
Having the qualities of a
surly dog; snarling; captious; currish.
I hope it is no very cynical asperity not
to confess obligations where no benefit has been received. Pertaining to the Dog Star; as, the
cynic, or Sothic, year; cynic cycle.
Belonging to the sect of philosophers
called cynics; having the qualities of a cynic; pertaining to, or
resembling, the doctrines of the cynics.
Given to sneering at rectitude and the
conduct of life by moral principles; disbelieving in the reality
of any human purposes which are not suggested or directed by
self-interest or self-indulgence; as, a cynical man who
scoffs at pretensions of integrity; characterized by such
opinions; as, cynical views of human nature.
* In prose, cynical is used rather than cynic, in the senses 1 and 4. Cynic spasm (Med.), a convulsive contraction of the muscles of one side of the face, producing a sort of grin, suggesting certain movements in the upper lip of a dog. One of a sect or school of philosophers
founded by Antisthenes, and of whom Diogenes was a disciple. The
first Cynics were noted for austere lives and their scorn for
social customs and current philosophical opinions. Hence the term
Cynic symbolized, in the popular judgment, moroseness, and
contempt for the views of others.
One who holds views resembling those
of the Cynics; a snarler; a misanthrope; particularly, a person
who believes that human conduct is directed, either consciously
or unconsciously, wholly by self-interest or self-indulgence, and
that appearances to the contrary are superficial and
untrustworthy.
He could obtain from one morose cynic,
whose opinion it was impossible to despise, scarcely any not
acidulated with scorn. | ||||||||
