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Webster 1913 Edition
Cynegetics
Cynˊe-get′ics
(sĭnˊē̍-jĕt′ĭks)
, Noun.
[Gr.
κυνηγετική
(sc. τέχνη
art), fr. κυνηγέτησ
hunter; κύων
, κυνός
, dog + [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] to lead.] The art of hunting with dogs.
I hope it is no very
cynical
asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received. Johnson.
2.
Pertaining to the Dog Star;
as, the
. cynic
, or Sothic, year; cynic
cycle3.
Belonging to the sect of philosophers called cynics; having the qualities of a cynic; pertaining to, or resembling, the doctrines of the cynics.
4.
Given to sneering at rectitude and the conduct of life by moral principles; believing the worst of human nature and motives; disbelieving in the reality of any human purposes which are not suggested or directed by self-interest or self-indulgence; having a sneering disbelief in the selflessness of others;
as, a
; characterized by such opinions; cynical
man who scoffs at pretensions of integrityas,
.cynical
views of human nature
Syn. – misanthropic, misanthropical.
☞ 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.