Found 2 items, similar to Diogenes.
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Definition: Diogenes
Diogenes
n : an ancient Greek philosopher and Cynic who rejected social
conventions (circa 400-325 BC)
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Diogenes
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.
[1913 Webster]
Diogenes' crab (Zo["o]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.
[1913 Webster]