rare. [a. F. cynisme, late L. cynismus, Gr. κυνισμός Cynicism, f. κύων, κυν- dog, Cynic: see -ISM.] = CYNICISM.
1833. Thirlwall, in Philol. Mus., II. 540. The cynism of Antisthenes.
1837. Blackw. Mag., XLII. 395. Principles … of licentiousness and moral cynism in literature.
1854. trans. Lamartine’s Celebr. Char., II. 49. From some unintelligible cynism in language.
