automathn.

Brit.

/ˈɔːtə(ʊ)ˌmaθ/, U.S.

/ˈɔdəˌmæθ/,

/ˈɔdoʊˌmæθ/,

/ˈɑdəˌmæθ/,

/ˈɑdoʊˌmæθ/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek αὐτομαθής.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek αὐτομαθής self-taught < ancient Greek αὐτο- auto- comb. form¹ + μάθη learning (see polymath n.).

Now rare.

A person who is self-taught; an autodidact.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > learned person, scholar > [noun] > self-taught person

autodidact1534

self-instructer1679

automath1759

self-instructor1812

1759 E. Young Conjectures on Orig. Composition 292 Those Automaths, those self taught Philosophers.

1790 V. Knox Winter Evenings (ed. 2) II. 139 The ablest men, diamonds of the first water,..were automaths, or instructed by their own persevering diligence.

1833 Fraser's Mag. Feb. 163/1 [The author] Robert Dodsley..commenced his career..as a livery servant. He was an automath, and had the good sense never to be ashamed of avowing his former condition.

1872 Methodist Q. Rev. Apr. 260 The Church has far more to fear in this direction from ambitious and opinionated automaths than from any other source.

1968 Slavic Rev. 27 679 His respectable academic background notwithstanding, Arndt was essentially an automath.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	automath
释义	automathn. Brit. /ˈɔːtə(ʊ)ˌmaθ/, U.S. /ˈɔdəˌmæθ/, /ˈɔdoʊˌmæθ/, /ˈɑdəˌmæθ/, /ˈɑdoʊˌmæθ/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek αὐτομαθής. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek αὐτομαθής self-taught < ancient Greek αὐτο- auto- comb. form¹ + μάθη learning (see polymath n.). Now rare. A person who is self-taught; an autodidact. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > learned person, scholar > [noun] > self-taught person autodidact1534 self-instructer1679 automath1759 self-instructor1812 1759 E. Young Conjectures on Orig. Composition 292 Those Automaths, those self taught Philosophers. 1790 V. Knox Winter Evenings (ed. 2) II. 139 The ablest men, diamonds of the first water,..were automaths, or instructed by their own persevering diligence. 1833 Fraser's Mag. Feb. 163/1 [The author] Robert Dodsley..commenced his career..as a livery servant. He was an automath, and had the good sense never to be ashamed of avowing his former condition. 1872 Methodist Q. Rev. Apr. 260 The Church has far more to fear in this direction from ambitious and opinionated automaths than from any other source. 1968 Slavic Rev. 27 679 His respectable academic background notwithstanding, Arndt was essentially an automath. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1759
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