Definition for CYN'IC, or CYN'IC-AL

CYN'IC, or CYN'IC-AL, a. [Gr. κυνικος, canine, from κυων, a dog.]

Having the qualities of a surly dog; snarling; captious; surly; currish; austere. Cynic spasm, a kind of convulsion, in which the patient imitates the howling of dogs. – Encyc.

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