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Diogenes (iou)



Diogenes noun. L16.
[See below.]
A person, esp. one of pointedly ascetic or unsociable behaviour, who is likened to Diogenes (c 400-c 325 BC), a Greek Cynic philosopher reputed to have shown his contempt for the comforts of civilization by living in a tub.
Comb.: Diogenes-crab a W. Indian hermit crab, Coenobita diogenes, which lives in the empty shell of a snail.
Diogenic adjective pertaining to or resembling Diogenes M19.
Diogenical adjective = Diogenic L16.