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sophy.

wisdom, knowledge, learning

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsɒfi/Received-Pronunciation
  1. wisdom, knowledge, learning

    obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From the Middle English sophie, from the Latin sophia, from the Ancient Greek σοφῐ́ᾱ (sophĭ́ā, “high knowledge”: “learning”, “wisdom”); compare Sophia.

noun/ˈsɒfi/Received-Pronunciation
  1. A wise man; a sage.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

A back-formation from sophies, originally plurale tantum, but later attested in singular use (see the 1678 quotation), itself an irregular Anglicisation of the Latin sophī, whence the English sophi; compare sophy.

noun/ˈsɒfɪ/Received-Pronunciation
  1. Any one of the various fields of study whose names end in -sophy.

Where this word comes from

From the common termination of the class of words denoted (e.g., philosophy, theosophy, etc.); compare the earlier ology and ism, and the later logy and osophy.

noun/ˈsəʊfi/Received-Pronunciation
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Sophy (“archaic form of Safawi”).

    alt-of
Where this word comes from

See Sophy.

noun
  1. Obsolete spelling of sophi.

    alt-of · obsolete
Where this word comes from

An irregular Anglicisation of sophi; compare sophy ³.

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