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PHILOMATH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does philomath mean?
• PHILOMATH (noun)
The noun PHILOMATH has 1 sense:
1. a lover of learning
Familiarity information: PHILOMATH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lover of learning
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("philomath" is a kind of...):
bookman; scholar; scholarly person; student (a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines)
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