Vocabulary : Skene to Sketchbook
Skene : See Skean.Skep : A coarse round farm basket. ;; A beehive.
Skeptic : One who is yet undecided as to what is true; one who is looking or inquiring for what is true; an inquirer after facts or reasons. ;; A doubter as to whether any fact or truth can be certainly known; a universal doubter; a Pyrrhonist; hence, in modern usage, occasionally, a person who questions whether any truth or fact can be established on philosophical grounds; sometimes, a critical inquirer, in opposition to a dogmatist. ;; A person who doubts the existence and perfections of God, or the truth of revelation; one who disbelieves the divine origin of the Christian religion. ;; Alt. of Skeptical
Skeptical : Of or pertaining to a sceptic or skepticism; characterized by skepticism; hesitating to admit the certainly of doctrines or principles; doubting of everything. ;; Doubting or denying the truth of revelation, or the sacred Scriptures.
Skepticism : An undecided, inquiring state of mind; doubt; uncertainty. ;; The doctrine that no fact or principle can be certainly known; the tenet that all knowledge is uncertain; Pyrrohonism; universal doubt; the position that no fact or truth, however worthy of confidence, can be established on philosophical grounds; critical investigation or inquiry, as opposed to the positive assumption or assertion of certain principles. ;; A doubting of the truth of revelation, or a denial of the divine origin of the Christian religion, or of the being, perfections, or truth of God.
