Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to philomathy; also, of or pertaining to philomaths.
- Having a love of letters.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to philomathy.
- adjective Having love of learning or letters.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Relating to
philomathy . - adjective Having a love of
learning orletters .
Etymologies
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Compare French philomathique.
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Examples
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He gave me private lessons in mathematics all winter, and was a member of our philomathic meetings.
Louis Agassiz His Life and Correspondence Agassiz, Louis 1885
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He gave me private lessons in mathematics all winter, and was a member of our philomathic meetings.
Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence Louis Agassiz 1840
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"That's the jolly girl with the brown eyes that I met at the philomathic the other night.
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