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Philosophaster
Phi-los′o-phasˊter
,Noun.
[L., a bad philosopher, fr.
philosophus
: cf. OF. philosophastre
.] A pretender to philosophy.
[Obs.]
Dr. H. More.
Definition 2024
Philosophaster
Philosophaster
See also: philosophaster
German
Noun
Philosophaster m
- philosophaster (a pretender to philosophy; a petty or charlatan philosopher)
philosophaster
philosophaster
See also: Philosophaster
English
Noun
philosophaster (plural philosophasters)
- a pretender to philosophy; a petty or charlatan philosopher.
Synonyms
Translations
a pretender to philosophy; a petty or charlatan philosopher
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Latin
Etymology
From philosoph(us) (“philosopher”) + -aster.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pʰi.lo.soˈpʰas.ter/, [pʰɪ.ɫɔ.sɔˈpʰas.tɛr]
Noun
philosophaster m (genitive philosophastrī); second declension
- a bad philosopher, philosophaster
Inflection
Second declension, nominative singular in -er.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | philosophaster | philosophastrī |
| genitive | philosophastrī | philosophastrōrum |
| dative | philosophastrō | philosophastrīs |
| accusative | philosophastrum | philosophastrōs |
| ablative | philosophastrō | philosophastrīs |
| vocative | philosophaster1 | philosophastrī |
1May also be philosophastre.
References
- philosophaster in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “philosophaster”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- philosophaster in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016