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Py⋅thag⋅o⋅re⋅an

  [pi-thag-uh-ree-uhn]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to Pythagoras, to his school, or to his doctrines.
–noun
2. a follower of Pythagoras.
Origin:
1540–50; < L Pȳthagorē(us) (< Gk Pȳthagóreios of Pythagoras) + -an
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Py·thag·o·re·an·ism   (pĭ-thāg'ə-rē'ə-nĭz'əm)   
n.  The syncretistic philosophy expounded by Pythagoras, distinguished chiefly by its description of reality in terms of arithmetical relationships.
Py·thag'o·re'an adj. & n.
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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