Definition of Cynic

Curse

CYNIC noun

	A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be. Hence the custom among the Scythians of plucking out a cynic's eyes to improve his vision.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

Damn

Regular definition:

CYNIC:
?s?n?k 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. øøcynicism n. [L cynicus f. Gk kunikos f. kuon kunos dog, nickname for a Cynic]

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