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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Diogenes | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Diogenes \Di*og"e*nes\, 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. {Diogenes' crab} (Zo[94]l.), a species of terrestrial hermit crabs ({Cenobita Diogenes}), abundant in the West Indies and often destructive to crops. {Diogenes' tub}, the tub which the philosopher Diogenes is said to have carried about with him as his house, in which he lived. | |
