philomath

NOUN
  1. a lover of learning
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How To Use philomath In A Sentence

  • He practiced astrology, calculated horoscopes for a consideration, lectured on chemistry and astronomy, blasphemed the Christian religion, published a journal of hybrid doctrines, called the Philomathean, and pretended to calculate "cheap nativities" on the transit of planets for $10 each, for all of which he obtained but slender pecuniary recompense. Jack London's Parentage
  • A provincial philomath, however able, would scarcely have had information of this kind at his fingertips. The Times Literary Supplement
  • Then we need to inspect the term 'philomath'. The Times Literary Supplement
  • That's the jolly girl with the brown eyes that I met at the philomathic the other night. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901
  • He gave me private lessons in mathematics all winter, and was a member of our philomathic meetings. Louis Agassiz His Life and Correspondence
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