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Definition: Diogenes |
DiogenesNoun1. Greek Cynic philosopher who rejected social conventions (circa 400-325 BC). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Diogenes" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "born of Zeus". |
Date "Diogenes" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
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Biographical Satire | DIOGENES, the most foolish man who ever lived. He endeavored to find something with a lantern which could not even be located with a searchlight. Ambition: A brighter lantern. Recreation: Cleaning globes. Address: Tub. Epitaph: Here Lies A Man Who Attempted The Impossible. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. |
Literature | Diogenes (4 syl. g=j). The cynic philosopher is said to have lived in a tub. "The whole world was not half so wide To Alexander when he cried Because he had but one to subdue As was a paltry narrow tub to Diogenes." Butler Hudibras i. 3. Diogenes. Romanus IV. emperor of the East (1067-1071). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Inquiry | Reconnoitering, reconnaissance; prying; Verb: espionage, espionnage; domiciliary visit, peep behind the curtain; lantern of Diogenes. |
Misanthropy | Misanthrope, misanthropist, egotist, cynic, man hater, Timon, Diogenes. |
Seclusion Exclusion | Recluse, hermit, eremite, cenobite; anchoret, anchorite; Simon Stylites; troglodyte, Timon of Athens, Santon, solitaire, ruralist, disciple of Zimmermann, closet cynic, Diogenes; outcast, Pariah, castaway, pilgarlic; wastrel, foundling, wilding. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Diogenes |
| English words defined with "Diogenes": Diogenes' crab, Diogenes' tub. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Diogenes": APRIL 19 ♦ Cynics ♦ DIOGENES, Dying Sayings ♦ Habit is Second Nature ♦ Milesian Fables ♦ Philosophers, Pithos ♦ Sartor Resartus. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Diogenes" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Dutch (Diogenes). |
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Clever | Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad. (references; author: Diogenes) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Diogenes (1973) | |
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 | Diogenes looking for a man that can answer a few simple questions. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The man for the place Sam Diogenes seeks an untainted lawyer for the job of Supreme Court judge / / Ehrhart. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Diogenes in search of an honest man / from an original painting by Salvator Rosa ; etched by Max Rosenthal. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Author | Quotation |
Alexander The Great | If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes. |
Diogenes | Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad. |
Diogenes "the Cynic" | The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech. |
Diogenes Laertius | Ignorance plays the chief part among men, and the multitude of words. |
Diogenes of Sinope | Calumny is only the noise of madmen. |
| Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves? | |
| In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. | |
| Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings? | |
Diogenes The Cynic | I am looking for an honest man. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Jean Jacques lends his pick to Diogenes, who lends him his lantern. |
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| "Diogenes" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 64.71% of the time. "Diogenes" is used about 34 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 64.71% | 22 | 74,468 |
| Noun (plural) | 35.29% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Total | 100.00% | 34 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "Diogenes": Cenobita Diogenes ♦ lantern of Diogenes. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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diogenes | 90 |
diogenes syndrome | 9 |
diogenes of sinope | 5 |
diogenes laertius | 5 |
cynic diogenes | 3 |
diogenes llc | 3 |
diogenes gonzalez | 2 |
diogenes laercio | 2 |
de diogenes sinope | 2 |
diogenes verlag | 2 |
club diogenes | 2 |
apolonia de diogenes | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "Diogenes"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Dutch | Diogenes. (various references) | ||||||||||
Esperanto | Diogeno. (various references) | ||||||||||
French | Diogène. (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | "ιογένησ. (various references) | ||||||||||
Hungarian | Diogenész. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | iogenesday Diógenes. (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-g-i-n-o-s" | |
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+1 letter: genocides, wendigoes. | |
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HTML Code (1990) (references)D i o g e n e s |
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