Pythagorical

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin Pȳthagoricus +‎ -al.

Adjective

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Pythagorical (comparative more Pythagorical, superlative most Pythagorical)

  1. Pythagorean.
    • 1570, John Dee, in H. Billingsley (trans.) Euclid, Elements of Geometry, Preface:
      [T]he Pythagoricall, and Platonicall perfect scholer, and the constant profound Philosopher, with more ease and spede, may (like the Bee,) gather, hereby, both wax and hony.