philosophaster

See also: Philosophaster

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s

Ancient Greek φῐ́λος (phĭ́los)

Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós)

Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philósophos)bor.

Latin philosoph(us)

Latin -aster

Latin philosophasterlbor.

English philosophaster

Learned borrowing from Latin philosophaster.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)

Noun

philosophaster (plural philosophasters)

1. 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

• criticaster
• medicaster
• poetaster
• theologaster

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s

Ancient Greek φῐ́λος (phĭ́los)

Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós)

Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philósophos)bor.

Latin philosoph(us)

Latin -aster

Latin philosophaster

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

1. a bad philosopher; a 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

Descendants

• → English: philosophaster
• French: philosophâtre

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