philomath.
A lover of learning; a scholar.
Meaning & usage
A lover of learning; a scholar.
An astrologer or predictor.
Where this word comes from
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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