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philomathic

philomathic adjective: relating to philomathy.

Adjective

philomathic (comparative more philomathic, superlative most philomathic)

  1. (archaic) Relating to philomathy.
  2. (archaic) Having a love of learning or of humanities.

Forms of philomathic

comparativemore philomathic
superlativemost philomathic

Origin of philomathic

Compare French philomathique.

Questions about philomathic

What does philomathic mean?
Philomathic means relating to philomathy.
What part of speech is philomathic?
Philomathic is an adjective.

Words near philomathic in the dictionary

  1. philologue
  2. philologues
  3. philology
  4. philomath
  5. philomathematical
  6. philomathic
  7. philomathical
  8. philomaths
  9. philomathy
  10. philomel
  11. Philomela

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