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| phimosis | (n) an abnormal tightness of the foreskin preventing retraction over the glans | | philosopher | (n) a specialist in philosophy | | philosopher | (n) a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity | | philosopher's stone | (n) hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold, Syn. philosophers' stone, elixir | | philosophic | (adj) of or relating to philosophy or philosophers, Syn. philosophical, Example: philosophical writing; a considerable knowledge of philosophical terminology | | philosophical | (adj) characterized by the attitude of a philosopher; meeting trouble with level-headed detachment, Syn. philosophic, Example: philosophical resignation; a philosophic attitude toward life | | philosophical doctrine | (n) a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy, Syn. philosophical theory | | philosophically | (adv) in a philosophic manner, Example: she took it philosophically | | philosophically | (adv) with respect to philosophy, Example: the movement is philosophically indebted to Rousseau | | philosophize | (v) reason philosophically, Syn. philosophise | | philosophizer | (n) someone who considers situations from a philosophical point of view, Syn. philosophiser |
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| | Phimosis | ‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a muzzling, fr. &unr_; muzzle. ] (Med.) A condition of the penis in which the prepuce can not be drawn back so as to uncover the glans penis. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Philosophaster | n. [ L., a bad philosopher, fr. philosophus: cf. OF. philosophastre. ] A pretender to philosophy. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Philosophate | v. i. [ L. philosophatus, p. p. of philosophari to philosophize. ] To play the philosopher; to moralize. [ Obs. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Philosophation | n. Philosophical speculation and discussion. [ Obs. ] Sir W. Petty. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Philosophe | n. [ F., a philosopher. ] A philosophaster; a philosopher. [ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Philosopheme | n. [ Gr. filoso`fhma, from filosofei^n to love knowledge. ] A philosophical proposition, doctrine, or principle of reasoning. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] This, the most venerable, and perhaps the most ancient, of Grecian myths, is a philosopheme. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Philosopher | n. [ OE. philosophre, F. philosophe, L. philosophus, Gr. filo`sofos; fi`los loving + sofo`s wise. Cf. Philosophy. ] 1. One who philosophizes; one versed in, or devoted to, philosophy. [ 1913 Webster ] Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. Acts xvii. 18. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. One who reduces the principles of philosophy to practice in the conduct of life; one who lives according to the rules of practical wisdom; one who meets or regards all vicissitudes with calmness. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. An alchemist. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Philosopher's stone, an imaginary stone which the alchemists formerly sought as the instrument of converting the baser metals into gold. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Philosophical | { } a. [ L. philosophicus: cf. F. philosophique. ] Of or pertaining to philosophy; versed in, or imbued with, the principles of philosophy; hence, characterizing a philosopher; rational; wise; temperate; calm; cool. -- Phil`o*soph"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster] Variants: Philosophic | | Philosophism | n. [ Cf. F. philosophisme. ] Spurious philosophy; the love or practice of sophistry. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Philosophist | n. [ Cf. F. philosophiste. ] A pretender in philosophy. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Philosophistical | { } a. Of or pertaining to the love or practice of sophistry. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Philosophistic |
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