The Devil's Dictionary: Cynic
Updated May 14, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
CYNIC
-n.
A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be. Hence the custom among the Scythians of plucking out a cynic's eyes to improve his vision.
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