philosophaster

See also: Philosophaster

English

Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pʰi.lo.soˈpʰas.ter/, [pʰɪɫ̪ɔs̠ɔˈpʰäs̠t̪ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fi.lo.soˈfas.ter/, [filos̬oˈfäst̪er]

Noun

philosophaster m (genitive philosophastrī); second declension

1. 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016