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philosopher
English
Alternative forms
- phylosopher (nonstandard)
Etymology
From Middle English philosophre, from Anglo-Norman or Middle French philosophe, from Latin philosophus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (philósophos, literally “lover of wisdom”) + -er.
Credited as having been coined by Pythagoras to describe himself.
Displaced native Old English ?þwita.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /f??l?s.?.f?(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): /f??l?s?f??/
Noun
philosopher (plural philosophers)
- (originally) A lover of wisdom.
- A student of philosophy.
- A scholar or expert engaged in or contributing to philosophical inquiry.
- 2007, Harold Bloom, Bloom's Modern Critical Views: Stephen King
- Their playwrights knew better. Scandal, murder, hair-rending and railing against the gods sold tickets. King is not a philosopher. He knows how to sell tickets.
- 2007, Harold Bloom, Bloom's Modern Critical Views: Stephen King
- (archaic) A person who applies the principles of philosophy to the conduct of their life, as by acting calmly and rationally in the face of inevitable change.
- Then certaine Philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoikes, encountred him
- 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
- This is not the sort of happiness which a man would in general wish to owe to his wife; but where other powers of entertainment are wanting, the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given.
- (archaic) A student, scholar, or expert in any branch of knowledge, especially those branches studied prior to being considered part of pure science.
- (obsolete) An alchemist.
- 1813, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Canon's Yeoman's Tale
- Then thus conclude I, since that God of heaven
Will not that these philosophers neven
How that a man shall come unto this stone,
I rede as for the best to let it gon.
- Then thus conclude I, since that God of heaven
- 1945, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy
- No further progress was made in this science until the Mohammedan alchemists embarked upon their search for the philosopher's stone, the elixir of life, and a method of transmuting base metals into gold.
- 1813, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Canon's Yeoman's Tale
Antonyms
- nonphilosopher
Related terms
- philosopher's stone
- philosophical
- philosophizer
- philosophy
Translations
References
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi.l?.z?.fe/
Verb
philosopher
- to philosophize
Conjugation
Further reading
- “philosopher” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
philosopher
- first-person singular present active subjunctive of philosophor
philosopher From the web:
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regicide
English
Etymology
From Latin r?gis (“king”, genitive singular of r?x) +? -cide (“killer”), patterned after suicide.
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?j'?-s?d, IPA(key): /??ed??sa?d/
Noun
regicide (plural regicides)
- The killing of a king.
- One who kills a king. [from 1540s]
- Synonym: kingslayer
Hyponyms
- tyrannicide
Coordinate terms
- reginicide
Derived terms
- regicidal
Related terms
- infanticide
- fratricide
- suicide
- -cide
Translations
See also
- royal assassin
References
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ide
Noun
regicide f
- plural of regicida
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