Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A self-taught person.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A self-taught person.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who is self-taught; an automath.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
self-taught person; anautomath .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who has taught himself
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Yes, M-mv's resident and original reader, thinker, and autodidact is a bit cranky today, but she'll beat this funk before too long.
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Yes, M-mv's resident and original reader, thinker, and autodidact is a bit cranky today, but she'll beat this funk before too long.
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Yes, M-mv's resident and original reader, thinker, and autodidact is a bit cranky today, but she'll beat this funk before too long.
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Yes, M-mv's resident and original reader, thinker, and autodidact is a bit cranky today, but she'll beat this funk before too long.
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Yes, M-mv's resident and original reader, thinker, and autodidact is a bit cranky today, but she'll beat this funk before too long.
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Yes, M-mv's resident and original reader, thinker, and autodidact is a bit cranky today, but she'll beat this funk before too long.
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Imagine, if you will, the Bubba Keg (a gift from Aunt M-mv) filled to capacity (52 ounces) with Trader Joe's French roast, brewed dark and strong, the way a certain autodidact favors it.
The Bubba Keg M-mv 2004
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Anyway, I enjoy reading your site, and one of these days I'm even going to look up "autodidact" in the dictionary.
"Shockingly provincial" M-mv 2004
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Anyway, I enjoy reading your site, and one of these days I'm even going to look up "autodidact" in the dictionary.
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soden commented on the word autodidact
from the greek 'auto': "self"; and from 'didaktos' :"taught"
December 15, 2008
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word autodidact
Someone should start an autodidact club. I would be one to join!
July 19, 2009