Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A misanthrope; a man-hater.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A misanthrope.
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Examples
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Certainly we have no reason to believe that Shakespeare could read Greek, as all his knowledge of Greek authors could have been obtained from translations, and only two Greek words, _misanthropos_ and _threnos_, occur in his writings.
The Facts About Shakespeare William Allan Nielson
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‘misanthropos’ (Shakespeare) if ‘misanthropi’ (Bacon) ‘misanthrope’;
English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846
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TIMON
54 I am misanthropos, and hate mankind.
55 For thy part, I do wish thou wert a dog,
56 That I might love thee something.
March 17, 2009