Pyrrhonism

pir'ro-nizm, n. Skepticism universal — doubt. [Fr. Pyrrho, founder of the skeptics.] Pyr'Thonist, n. A skeptic. Pythagorean, pith-a-go'reor pi-thag'o-re'an, n. A follower of Pythagoras, founder of the Italic sect of philosophers, —a. Of, or pert, to, Pythagoras or his philosophy. — Pythag'orism, -thag'o-rizm, n. Doctrines of Pythagoras. Pythian, pitb/i-an, n. Pert, to the prieste of Apollo, who delivered oracles. [L. Pythius, Gr. Puthios, pert, to Pytho, older name of Delphi.]— P. games. (Gr. Antiq.) One of the 4 great national festivals of ancient Greece, celebrated near Delphi, in honor of Apollo, the conqueror of the dragon Python, at first once in afterwards in years. — Pyth'oneSB, -o-nes, n. (Gr. Antiq.) The prieste who gave oraeular answers at Del phi, in Greece. A witch. — Py'thon, n. A genus of large African and E. Indian snakes, allied to the boa. [Gr. see Pythian games, above.]