céptico

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French sceptique, from Ancient Greek σκεπτικός (skeptikós, “thoughtful, inquiring”).[1][2]

Noun

céptico m (plural cépticos, feminine céptica, feminine plural cépticas)

  1. Superseded spelling of cético. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect.)

Adjective

céptico (feminine céptica, masculine plural cépticos, feminine plural cépticas)

  1. Superseded spelling of cético. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect.)

References
  1. “céptico” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
  2. “céptico” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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