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Word of the Day for Tuesday, February 8, 2011 philomath \FIL-uh-math\, noun: A lover of learning; a scholar. It is precisely for the philomaths that universities ought to cater. -- Aldous Huxley, Proper Studies It's nothing to laugh about, he says. "Strange things happen in this country -- things that philosophers and other philomaths had never dreamed of." -- Tomek Tryzna, Miss Nobody Philomath is from the Greek philomathes, "loving knowledge," from philos, "loving, fond" + mathein, "to learn, to understand." Read the full entry | See synonyms | Comment on today's word | Suggest tomorrow's word Yesterday's word | Previous words | Help
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