Etymology

chorizont

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Today it means: One who challenges a widely held assumption of authorship for a major work, especially one who believes that the Iliad and the Odyssey were not written by Homer. Full definition →

Ancient Greek χωρίζων
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχωρίζων
  2. English todaychorizont

From Ancient Greek χωρίζων (khōrízōn), present participle of χωρίζω (khōrízō, “to separate”).

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