philosophaster

See also: Philosophaster

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin philosophaster.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)

Noun

philosophaster (plural philosophasters)

  1. A pretender to philosophy; a petty or charlatan philosopher.
    Synonym: philosophe

Derived terms

Translations

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Latin

Etymology

From philosoph(us) (“philosopher”) +‎ -aster.

Pronunciation

Noun

philosophaster m (genitive philosophastrī); second declension

  1. a bad philosopher, philosophaster

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative philosophaster philosophastrī
Genitive philosophastrī philosophastrōrum
Dative philosophastrō philosophastrīs
Accusative philosophastrum philosophastrōs
Ablative philosophastrō philosophastrīs
Vocative philosophaster philosophastrī

References
  • “philosophaster”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • philosophaster in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • philosophaster in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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