Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations

Click to move up the list of words
skating
skatole
skean
skean-dhu
skebenga
skedaddle
skedonk
skeet
skeet shooting
skeeter
skeeter hawk
skeg
Skegness
skein
skeletal
skeleton
skeleton key
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

Skeptic

Skep·tic [ sképtik ] (plural Skep·tics) or Scep·tic [ sképtik ] (plural Scep·tics)


noun 
Definition:
 
somebody denying knowledge is possible: a member of an ancient Greek school of philosophy holding the doctrine that real knowledge is impossible, or a later follower of this doctrine

[Late 16th century. Via Latin< Greek skeptikos "follower of the Greek philosopher Pyrrho" < skeptesthai "look about"]

Skep·tic adjective
Advertisement

© 2009 Microsoft