philomath

== English == === Etymology === First indubitably attested ante 1643 (perhaps antedated to 1611); from the Ancient Greek φιλομαθής (philomathḗs, “fond of learning”), from φίλος (phílos, “loving”) + μάθη (máthē, “learning”), from μανθάνω (manthánō, “learn”); compare opsimath, philomathematic, and polymath. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɪləmæθ/ === Noun === philomath (plural philomaths) (archaic) A lover of learning; a scholar. An astrologer or predictor. 2007, Thomas Fleming, Benjamin Franklin: Inventing America, Sterling Point Books, age 33 "The success of an almanac depended upon the appeal of the "philomath"-the resident astrologer who did the writing and predicting."