"philosophaster" meaning in English

See philosophaster in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-philosophaster.wav [US] Forms: philosophasters [plural]
Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ) Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin philosophaster. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:lbor|la:philosophaster|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "philosophaster", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "philosophaster", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="philosophaster"> Learned borrowing from Latin philosophaster. Head templates: {{en-noun}} philosophaster (plural philosophasters)
  1. A pretender to philosophy; a petty or charlatan philosopher. Synonyms: philosophe Derived forms: philosophastering Related terms: criticaster, medicaster, poetaster, theologaster Translations (a pretender to philosophy; a petty or charlatan philosopher): filosofaster [masculine] (Dutch), schijnwijsgeer [masculine] (Dutch), philosophâtre [masculine] (French), philosophard [masculine] (French), Philosophaster [masculine] (German), פלספן (palsefán) [masculine] (Hebrew), פלספנית (palsefanít) [feminine] (Hebrew), filosofastro [masculine] (Italian), filosofastra [feminine] (Italian), философа́стер (filosofáster) [masculine] (Russian), filosofastro [masculine] (Spanish)

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