cynic
意味
- (人間の善良さを信じない)皮肉屋,冷笑家
- 《C-》キニク(犬儒)学派の人
- 《the Cynics》キニク(犬儒)学派
- =cynical
- 《C-》キニク(犬儒)学派の
例文
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.
シニックと言うのは何だ？あらゆる物の価格を知って、いかなる物の価値を知らぬ人間である。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English cynike, cynicke, from Middle French cynique, from Latin cynicus, from Ancient Greek κυνικός (kunikós), originally derived from the portico in Athens called Κυνόσαργες (Kunósarges), the earliest home of the Cynic school, later reinterpreted as being derived from κύων (kúōn, “dog”), in a contemptuous allusion to the uncouth and aggressive manners adopted by the members of the school.