philosophaster

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin philosophaster. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ) === Noun === philosophaster (plural philosophasters) A pretender to philosophy; a petty or charlatan philosopher. Synonym: philosophe ==== Derived terms ==== philosophastering ==== Translations ==== === See also === criticaster medicaster poetaster theologaster == Latin == === Etymology === From philosoph(us) (“philosopher”) + -aster. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pʰɪ.ɫɔ.sɔˈpʰas.tɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [fi.lo.s̬oˈfas.ter] === Noun === philosophaster m (genitive philosophastrī); second declension a bad philosopher; a philosophaster ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er). === References === “philosophaster”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “philosophaster”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. philosophaster in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016