Associations to the word «Diogenes»

Wiktionary

DIOGENES, proper noun. An Ancient Greek male given name, notably borne by Diogenes of Sinope, an Ancient Greek philosopher (c.412-c.323 BC), the most famous of Cynic philosophers.

Dictionary definition

DIOGENES, noun. An ancient Greek philosopher and Cynic who rejected social conventions (circa 400-325 BC).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats