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† Chiˈlonic, a. Obs.—0
[a. Fr. chilonique (Cotgr.), f. Chilon (Χίλων), one of the seven wise men of Greece.]
(See quot.) So also Chiˈlonian a.
1656Blount Glossogr. s.v. Chilonick, brief, succinct, compendious, from one of the Grecian wise men, Chilo, who in all his speeches and writings was very short. Cotgr. 1708–15Kersey, Chilonian or Chilonick..as a Chilonick Style. 1721–1800in Bailey, Chilonian, Chilonick. |