Cyrenaic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cyrenaic \Cyr`e*na"ic\ (s?r`?-n?"?k or s?`r?-), a. [L.
     Cyrenaicus, fr. Cyrene, in Libya.]
     Pertaining to Cyrenaica, an ancient country of northern
     Africa, and to Cyrene, its principal city; also, to a school
     of philosophy founded by Aristippus, a native of Cyrene. --
     n. A native of Cyrenaica; also, a disciple of the school of


     Aristippus. See {Cyrenian}, n.
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