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philomath|ˈfɪləmæθ|
[ad. Gr. ϕιλοµαθής fond of learning, f. ϕιλο- philo- + µαθ-, root of µανθάν-ειν to learn: cf. mathematic.]
A lover of learning; a student, esp. of mathematics, natural philosophy, and the like; formerly popularly applied to an astrologer or prognosticator.
a1643W. Cartwright Loves Convert iv. ii, I hate a scholar:..I'm only a Philomath, sweet Lady. 1695Congreve Love for L. ii. v, An Entertainment for all the Philomaths, and Students in Physick and Astrology, in and about London. 1751Chesterfield Lett. (1774) III. ccxii. 132 Ask my friend, L'Abbé Sallier, to recommend to you some meagre philo⁓math to teach you a little geometry and astronomy. 1755Connoisseur No. 99 ⁋1 Complete Ephemerides &c. drawn up by Partridge..and the rest of the sagacious body of Philomaths and Astrologers. 1873Doran Lady of last Cent. vii. 192 The aged philomath might have been the original of the legendary mathematician. 1927A. Huxley Proper Stud. 132 It is precisely for the philomaths that universities ought to cater. 1955Sci. Amer. May 114/3 John Whiblin, the carpenter and ‘philomath’ who was ‘ingenious at models’. 1977R. V. Hudson in Bond & McLeod Newslett. to Newspaper ii. 120 The philomath responsible for it..was selected to receive the shafts of Franklin's wit.
So philoˈmathic [= F. philomathique], philoˈmathical adjs., devoted to learning; of, pertaining to, or consisting of ‘philomaths’ (in quot. 1828, ‘mathematical’); also, astrological; philomathy |fɪˈlɒməθɪ| [Gr. ϕιλοµάθεια, -µαθία], love of or devotion to learning. (All now rare.)
1797Monthly Mag. III. 462 Girod Chantrans read lately to the *Philomathic Society of Paris, an observation which he had made on the conferva bullosa. 1839Lady Lytton Cheveley (ed. 2) I. x. 221 His work..was meant to be statistical, philological,..philomathic, and political.
1709Steele Tatler No. 11 ⁋5 Partridge..is dead and gone, who..*Philomathical as he was, could not read his own Destiny. 1828T. C. Croker Fairy Leg. S. Ireland II. 86 Too much whiskey..might occasionally prevent his walking the chalked line with perfect philomathical accuracy.
1623Cockeram, *Phylomathie, the loue of learning. 1901Daily Chron. 17 Sept. 5/6 With a pure view to philomathy, I should much like some veracious ‘average’ husband to inform your readers what he does..to alleviate the insufferable monotony..of the ‘average’ domesticated wife. |