autodidact
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toʊˈdaɪ noun
a person who has learned a subject without the benefit of a teacher or formal education; a self-taught person.
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| —n | |
| a person who is self-taught | |
| [C16: from Greek autodidaktos self-taught, from autos self + didaskein to teach] | |
| autodi'dactic | |
| —adj | |
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Autodidact
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Example sentences
He became a voracious autodidact of music, literature, history and philosophy.
He inspired his players to pursue their education and even lectured them on military history, of which he was an autodidact.
Pioneer gets detailed field reports from an obsessed autodidact.
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