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adjective
1.
of or pertaining to Pythagoras, to his school, or to his doctrines.
noun
2.
a follower of Pythagoras.
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Pythagorean
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So is sesquipedalianism. Does it mean:
| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
| given to using long words. |
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Word Origin & History
Pythagorean
1550, from L. Pythagoreus "of or pertaining to Pythagoras," Gk. philosopher of Samos (6c. B.C.E.), whose teachings included transmigration of the soul and vegetarianism (these are some of the commonest early allusions in Eng.). The Pythagorean theorem is the 47th of the first book of Euclid.
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