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philodox rare.|ˈfɪlədɒks|
[ad. Gr. ϕιλόδοξ-ος adj. (Plato), loving fame or glory, f. ϕιλο- philo- + δόξα glory (also opinion, etc.).]
Properly, One who loves fame or glory; but taken (after orthodox) as = One who loves his own opinion; an argumentative or dogmatic person. So philoˈdoxical a.
1603Florio Montaigne ii. xii. (1632) 303 No people are lesse Philosophers..than Platoes Philodoxes, or lovers of their owne opinions. 1852Davies & Vaughan tr. Plato's Republic v. (1866) 196 Philodoxical rather than philosophical, that is to say, lovers of opinion rather than lovers of wisdom. 1872Nonconf. 27 Mar. 326/2 The lover of argument, the philodox—to revive an old word—..is less likely to listen to it. |