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opsimathy rare.|ɒpˈsɪməθɪ| [ad. Gr. ὀψιµαθία, f. ὀψιµαθής late in learning, f. ὀψέ, ὀψι- late + µάθη learning.] Learning or study late in life; learning acquired late.
a1656Hales Gold. Rem. (1673) i. 218 Therefore Opsimathie, which is too late beginning to learn, was counted a great vice, and very unseemly. 1656in Blount Glossogr. 1872F. Hall Rec. Exempl. False Philol. 73 Whatever philological learning he possesses is..in all seeming, the latest of opsimathies. 1889Harper's Mag. Sept. 508/2 The figures alone betray the inevitable weakness of opsimathy. |