perrhocorIs

[Gr. pyrrhos =fire-like, and isa kor is a bug.]. Entomol.: The typical genus of Pyrrhocoride (q. v.). Pyrrhocoris apter us is found in numbers on the Continent of Europe, around the base of lime trees. pyr-rho-lite, s. [Greek pyrrhos =fire-like, and lithos a stone.] Mineral.: An altered anorthite found in reddish lamellar ma es at Tunaberg, Sweden. It resembles polyargite (q. v.). pěr-rhon-Ic, për-rho-ne-an, a. [Latin PyrThoneus; Fr. Pyrrhonien.] Pertaining or relating to Pyrrhonism. Pyr-rhồn-işm, s. [After Pyrrho, a philosopher of Elis, founder of the sect called Sceptics or Pyrrhonists, about 340 B. C.] The doctrines of the Pyrrhonists; exce ive doubt or exaggerated scepticism. Pyr-rho-nist, Pyr-rhō-ni-an, subst . [After Pyrrho.] A follower of Pyrrho, who carried the principle of universal doubt or philosophic nescience to an extreme; hence, a sceptic.