4.16.2005

Weird Word of the Day

Zetetic ze-tet'ik, adj or n (Greek zetetikos, from zeteein to seek)


Proceeding by inquiry; a search or investigation; a skeptical seeker of knowledge. A term originally used to refer to Pyrrhonists, a group of ancient Greek skeptics, it has come to mean both the process of inquiry and one who so proceeds. A zetetic is thus a sort of intellectual agnostic who, while seeking greater truths, is always wary of falsehood.


 


Thanks to Forthright and The Phrontistery

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