Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Love of learning.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The love of learning or letters.
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- noun The
love oflearning orletters .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek
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Examples
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As time elapsed she became very confidential, and one day stated that she was matrimonially inclined and intimated that she would welcome an introduction to an aged millionaire in delicate health, as it might result in her being able to carry out some ambitious plans she had made in "philomathy."
A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel S. G. Bayne
reesetee commented on the word philomathy
Love of learning.
November 10, 2007
seanahan commented on the word philomathy
see also polymath.
November 10, 2007