autodidact

[ aw-toh-dahy-dakt, -dahy-dakt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person who has learned a subject without the benefit of a teacher or formal education; a self-taught person.

autodidact

/ ˈɔːtəʊˌdaɪdækt /

First recorded in 1525–35; from Greek autodídaktos “self-taught”; auto- ¹, didactic

C16: from Greek autodidaktos self-taught, from autos self + didaskein to teach

She was also an autodidact, an illegitimate girl from the provinces whose intelligence became the stuff of legend.

Oswald was a left-wing autodidact who had defected to the Soviet Union.

Since Carruth is a one-man band and autodidact, he learned how to create the special effects for the creature himself.

As a puff autodidact, it's taken me longer to figure them out than someone who's been formally trained.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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