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Zetetic
Ze*tet"ic\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to seek: cf. F. z['e]t['e]tique.] Seeking; proceeding by inquiry. Zetetic method (Math.), the method used for finding the value of unknown quantities by direct search, in investigation, or in the solution of problems. [R.] --Hutton.Zetetic
Ze*tet"ic\, n. A seeker; -- a name adopted by some of the Pyrrhonists.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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zetetic
"proceeding by inquiry," 1645, from Mod.L. zeteticus, from Gk. zetetikos "searching, inquiring," from zetetos, verbal adj. of zetein "seek for, inquire into."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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