sceptre.html - n.
(US scepter)
1 a staff borne esp. at a coronation as a symbol of sovereignty.
2 royal or imperial authority.

sceptred adj. [ME f. OF (s)ceptre f. L sceptrum f. Gk skeptron f. skepto lean on]

sceptre.html - US var. of SCEPTRE.

sceptre.html - n. & adj.
(US skeptic) --n.

1 a person inclined to doubt all accepted opinions; a cynic.
2 a person who doubts the truth of Christianity and other religions.
3 hist. a person who accepts the philosophy of Pyrrhonism.

--adj.

= SCEPTICAL.

scepticism n. [F sceptique or L scepticus f. Gk skeptikos (as SCEPSIS)]

sceptre.html - adj.
(US skeptical)
1 inclined to question the truth or soundness of accepted ideas, facts, etc.; critical; incredulous.
2 Philos. of or accepting the philosophy of Pyrrhonism, denying the possibility of knowledge.

sceptically adv.

sceptre.html - n.
(US scepter)
1 a staff borne esp. at a coronation as a symbol of sovereignty.
2 royal or imperial authority.

sceptred adj. [ME f. OF (s)ceptre f. L sceptrum f. Gk skeptron f. skepto lean on]

sceptre.html - n.
(US skepsis)
1 philosophic doubt.
2 sceptical philosophy. [Gk skepsis inquiry, doubt f. skeptomai consider]