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verb • refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire in order to try to impress them | ||||
| 49% | 8 | His famous quote: 'I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.' | ||
noun • ancient Athenian philosopher; teacher of Plato and Xenophon (470-399 BC) | ||||
| 49% | 8 | Associated with the philosopher who said 'I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing' | ||
adjective • of or relating to Socrates or to his method of teaching | ||||
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NAMEDROP which was last seen in the Telegraph Cross Atlantic crossword.
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