Phi-lōs'o-phēme, n.

n. [Gr. φιλοσόφημα, from φιλοσοφέω, to love knowledge, to inquire, to discuss, from φιλόσοφος, philosopher.] A philosophical proposition or principle. [Obs. or rare.]

This, the most venerable, and perhaps the most ancient, of Grecian myths, is a philosopheme. Chancellor.