/sir'euh nay"ik, suy'reuh-/ , adj.
1. of or pertaining to Cyrenaica, or its chief city, Cyrene.
2. noting or pertaining to a school of philosophy founded by Aristippus of Cyrene, who taught that pleasure is the only rational aim of life.
n.
3. a native or inhabitant of Cyrenaica.
4. a disciple of the Cyrenaic school of philosophy.
[ 1580-90; Cyrenaicus Kyrennaïkós, equiv. to Kyrena- (comb. form of Kyréne CYRENE) + -ikos -IC ]