philosophastern.

Brit.

/fᵻˈlɒsəfastə/,

/fᵻˌlɒsəˈfastə/, U.S.

/fəˈˌlɑsəˈˌfæstər/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin philosophaster.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin philosophaster person who dabbles in philosophy (5th cent. in Augustine) < classical Latin philosophus philosophe n. + -aster -aster suffix. Compare French philosophâtre (1721; 1512 in Middle French as philosophastre), Italian filosofastro (1558 or earlier; also as †philosofastro (1611 in Florio)).Attested slightly earlier as a proper name:1610 R. Sharpe More Fooles Yet sig. E2 Because Diogenes on rootes did feed, Philosophaster turnes Diogenes: Obserues his dyet, and doth still proceed To imitate that Cynicks bitternes.

A person who engages in shallow or pretentious philosophizing; a pseudo-philosopher.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosopher > [noun] > pseudo-philosopher

foolosopher1549

philosophaster1611

pseudo-philosopher1749

philosophling1815

plausible1831

philosophunculist1840

pseudosopher1843

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Philosofastro A smatterer in Philosophy, a foolish, pedanticall Philosophaster.

1650 H. More Observ. in Enthusiasmus Triumphatus (1656) 72 Superficiall Philosophasters.

1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. iv. 95 A Philosophaster, or Quack-Doctor.

1814 T. L. Peacock Wks. (1875) III. 121 Some such paradoxographical philosophaster.

a1862 T. B. Shaw Outl. Eng. Lit. (1866) 415 For the acute speculator, the pryer into the material creation, the philosophaster.., they express the most intense contempt.

1894 T. H. Huxley Evol. & Ethics 26 The philosophy of philosophasters and..the moralizing of sentimentalists.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. ix. [Scylla & Charybdis] 196 A Scotch philosophaster with a turn for witchroasting.

1978 K. Amis Jake's Thing (1979) xxiii. 234 Atheistical religionists.., philosophasters, global-equality persons.

1995 16th Cent. Jrnl. 26 1051 There could have been a generalized treatment of dramatic Roman ‘stock characters’ in the play: the crafty slave.., old men, all the philosophasters, the young lovers.

Derivatives

philosoˈphastry n. rare shallow or pretentious philosophy; pseudo-philosophy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > [noun] > pseudo-philosophy

foolosophy1592

night-philosophy1677

pseudo-philosophya1817

pseudosophy1839

philosophastry1850

philosophistry1880

1850 Fraser's Mag. 41 104 A little of the old leaven, pedantry and philosophastry.

1979 Boundary 2 7 214 Any attempt at going back behind it to its source in the radical freedom of creative intelligence is deemed a sterile kind of philosophastry.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	philosophaster
释义	philosophastern. Brit. /fᵻˈlɒsəfastə/, /fᵻˌlɒsəˈfastə/, U.S. /fəˈˌlɑsəˈˌfæstər/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin philosophaster. Etymology: < post-classical Latin philosophaster person who dabbles in philosophy (5th cent. in Augustine) < classical Latin philosophus philosophe n. + -aster -aster suffix. Compare French philosophâtre (1721; 1512 in Middle French as philosophastre), Italian filosofastro (1558 or earlier; also as †philosofastro (1611 in Florio)).Attested slightly earlier as a proper name:1610 R. Sharpe More Fooles Yet sig. E2 Because Diogenes on rootes did feed, Philosophaster turnes Diogenes: Obserues his dyet, and doth still proceed To imitate that Cynicks bitternes. A person who engages in shallow or pretentious philosophizing; a pseudo-philosopher. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosopher > [noun] > pseudo-philosopher foolosopher1549 philosophaster1611 pseudo-philosopher1749 philosophling1815 plausible1831 philosophunculist1840 pseudosopher1843 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Philosofastro A smatterer in Philosophy, a foolish, pedanticall Philosophaster. 1650 H. More Observ. in Enthusiasmus Triumphatus (1656) 72 Superficiall Philosophasters. 1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. iv. 95 A Philosophaster, or Quack-Doctor. 1814 T. L. Peacock Wks. (1875) III. 121 Some such paradoxographical philosophaster. a1862 T. B. Shaw Outl. Eng. Lit. (1866) 415 For the acute speculator, the pryer into the material creation, the philosophaster.., they express the most intense contempt. 1894 T. H. Huxley Evol. & Ethics 26 The philosophy of philosophasters and..the moralizing of sentimentalists. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. ix. [Scylla & Charybdis] 196 A Scotch philosophaster with a turn for witchroasting. 1978 K. Amis Jake's Thing (1979) xxiii. 234 Atheistical religionists.., philosophasters, global-equality persons. 1995 16th Cent. Jrnl. 26 1051 There could have been a generalized treatment of dramatic Roman ‘stock characters’ in the play: the crafty slave.., old men, all the philosophasters, the young lovers. Derivatives philosoˈphastry n. rare shallow or pretentious philosophy; pseudo-philosophy. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > [noun] > pseudo-philosophy foolosophy1592 night-philosophy1677 pseudo-philosophya1817 pseudosophy1839 philosophastry1850 philosophistry1880 1850 Fraser's Mag. 41 104 A little of the old leaven, pedantry and philosophastry. 1979 Boundary 2 7 214 Any attempt at going back behind it to its source in the radical freedom of creative intelligence is deemed a sterile kind of philosophastry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611
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