philomath
(noun) a lover of learning
Source: WordNet® 3.1
philomath (plural philomaths)
(archaic) A lover of learning; a scholar.
An astrologer or predictor.
"The success of an almanac depended upon the appeal of the "philomath"-the resident astrologer who did the writing and predicting."
Source: Wiktionary
Phil"o*math, n. Etym: [Gr. fi`los loving, a friend + ma`qh learning, fr.
Definition: A lover of learning; a scholar. Chesterfield.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
