pirot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A notional living being used in discussing certain aspects of the philosophy of language.
name
  1. A city in south-eastern Serbia, administrative centre of the district of the same name.
  2. An administrative district in south-east Serbia; in full, Pirot District.

Word forms

pirot pirots

Etymology

Introduced by British philosopher Paul Grice, who took the word from Rudolf Carnap's example sentence "Pirots karulize elatically".

Related words

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