scientaster

English

Etymology

From scient +‎ -aster.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)

Noun

scientaster (plural scientasters)

  1. (rare) An inferior scientist.
    • 1876, De Robigne Mortimer Bennett, The World's Sages, Thinkers and Reformers:
      And then compare with these the superficial and flippant assumptions of theologians, ontologists, transceudentalists, seers, impressionables, scientasters, and other incapables, and arrive at your own conclusions.
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