pirot
English
Etymology
Introduced by British philosopher Paul Grice, who took the word from Rudolf Carnap's example sentence "Pirots karulize elatically".
Noun
pirot (plural pirots)
- (philosophy) A notional living being used in discussing certain aspects of the philosophy of language.
- 1988, Richard E. Grandy, Richard Warner, Philosophical Grounds of Rationality (page 31)
- Suppose we are genitors — demigods — designing living creatures, creatures Grice calls pirots. To design a type of pirot is to specify a diagram and table for that type (plus evaluative procedures, if any).
- 2005, S. Chapman, Paul Grice: Philosopher and Linguist (page 123)
- Pirots are much like ourselves, and inhabit a world of obbles very much like our own world.
- 1988, Richard E. Grandy, Richard Warner, Philosophical Grounds of Rationality (page 31)
See also
- wug
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pi‧rot
- IPA(key): /ˈpiɾot/
Adjective
pírot (intensified piroton)
- (Partido, Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) sleepy; drowsy
- Synonym: tungka
Derived terms
- kapirotan
- magpirot
- makapirot
- mapirot
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pi‧rot
- IPA(key): /piˈɾot/, [pɪˈɾ̪ut̪]
Noun
pirót
- the golden-headed cisticola (Cisticola exilis)
- a small girl or a petite woman
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:pirot.
Norman
Noun
pirot m (plural pirots)
- Alternative form of pithot
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pi‧rot
- IPA(key): /ˈpiɾot/, [ˈpi.ɾot]
Noun
pirot
- act of pinching and twisting with fingers (e.g. a moustache)
- Synonyms: kirot, pingal, piral, pirat
Derived terms
- pagpirot
- pirutin