Meanings
adjectivePythagorical (comparative more Pythagorical, superlative most Pythagorical)
comparative more Pythagorical · superlative most Pythagorical
- Pythagorean.
[T]he Pythagoricall, and Platonicall perfect scholer, and the constant profound Philosopher, with more ease and spede, may (like the Bee,) gather, hereby, both wax and hony.
1570, John Dee, in H. Billingsley (trans.) Euclid, Elements of Geometry, Preface
Origin
- LatinPȳthagoricus
- EnglishPythagorical
From Latin Pȳthagoricus + -al.
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