Fun_People Archive
9 Jul
WOTD -- cyrenaic

Date: Sun,  9 Jul 95 20:10:00 PDT
From: Peter Langston <psl>
To: Fun_People
Subject: WOTD -- cyrenaic

Forwarded-by: Wordsmith <wsmith@wordsmith.org>
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--cyrenaic

Cy.re.na.ic n [L cyrenaicus, fr. Gk kyrenaikos, fr. Kyrene
   Cyrene, Africa, home of Aristippus, author of the doctrine]
   (1586): an adherent of the doctrine that pleasure is the chief
   end of life -- Cyrenaic adj -- Cy.re.na.icism n

© 1995 Peter Langston