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philosoˈphuncule nonce-wd. [f. L. type *philosophuncul-us, dim. of philosophus philosopher: cf. homuncle, and see -uncle, -uncule.] A petty or insignificant philosopher. So philosoˈphunculist.
[1817Blackw. Mag. I. 470 The sagacity of the sapient philosophunculi.] 1840Fraser's Mag. XXI. 588 The unsettled races of the north..are Scotch philosophunculists and Irish savages. |