philosophaster

See also: Philosophaster

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin philosophaster.

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)

Noun

philosophaster (plural philosophasters)

A pretender to philosophy; a petty or charlatan philosopher.
Synonym: philosophe

Derived terms

philosophastering

Translations

a pretender to philosophy; a petty or charlatan philosopher

Dutch: filosofaster m, schijnwijsgeer m
French: philosophâtre (fr) m, philosophard (fr) m
German: Philosophaster (de) m
Hebrew: פלספן m (palsefán), פלספנית f (palsefanít)
Italian: filosofastro m, filosofastra f
Russian: философа́стер (ru) m (filosofáster)
Spanish: filosofastro (es) m

See also

Latin

Etymology

From philosoph(us) (“philosopher”) +‎ -aster.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pʰɪ.ɫɔ.sɔˈpʰas.tɛr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [fi.lo.s̬oˈfas.t̪er]

Noun

philosophaster m (genitive philosophastrī); second declension

a bad philosopher, philosophaster

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

	singular	plural
nominative	philosophaster	philosophastrī
genitive	philosophastrī	philosophastrōrum
dative	philosophastrō	philosophastrīs
accusative	philosophastrum	philosophastrōs
ablative	philosophastrō	philosophastrīs
vocative	philosophaster	philosophastrī

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