a. Obs.–0 [a. Fr. chilonique (Cotgr.), f. Chilon (Χίλων), one of the seven wise men of Greece.] (See quot.) So also Chilonian a.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., s.v. Chilonick, brief, succinct, compendious, from one of the Grecian wise men, Chilo, who in all his speeches and writings was very short. Cotgr.
1708–15. Kersey, Chilonian or Chilonick … as a Chilonick Style.
1721–1800. in Bailey, Chilonian, Chilonick.
