Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

philosophaster

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: philosophaster
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pretender to philosophy; a petty or charlatan philosopher.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin philosophaster.

Inflected Forms

philosophasters (plural)

Derived Forms

philosophastering

Frequently Paired Words

criticaster medicaster poetaster theologaster

Synonyms

philosophe

Rhymes With

master faster disaster pastor plaster headmaster castor caster blaster aster alabaster remaster

Questions

What does philosophaster mean?: A pretender to philosophy; a petty or charlatan philosopher.
Where does philosophaster come from?: Learned borrowing from Latin philosophaster.

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