The story
- Latin · derived frompignus“a bet”
- English todaypignistic
Coined by Philippe Smets from Latin pignus (“a bet”) + -istic.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
pignistic
Today it means: Being or relating to a probability that a rational person will assign to an option when required to make a decision. Full definition →
Latin pignus