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philosophist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
philosophist
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A practitioner or adherent of philosophism.

noun

Synonym of philosopher.

Etymology

From philosophy + -ist. First attested in the late 1500s.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

philosophists (plural)

Synonyms

philosopher

Questions

What does philosophist mean?
A practitioner or adherent of philosophism.
Where does philosophist come from?
First known use: First attested in the late 1500s.

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