philomath

n. 爱学问的人

发音

/ˈfɪləmæθ/

词形变化

philomaths 复数 philomaths

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A lover of learning; a scholar.

    古体
  2. 2.

    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."

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

scholar

词源

First indubitably attested ante 1643 (perhaps antedated to 1611); from the Ancient Greek φιλομαθής (philomathḗs, “fond of learning”), from φίλος (phílos, “loving”) + μάθη (máthē, “learning”), from μανθάνω (manthánō, “learn”); compare opsimath, philomathematic, and polymath.

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