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philosophist (iou)



philosophist noun. Now rare. L16.
[In sense 1, app. from Latin philosophia PHILOSOPHY + -IST; in sense 2 from French philosophiste.]
= PHILOSOPHER 1. Only in L16.
An adherent or practitioner of what is held to be erroneous speculation or philosophy. Also, a rationalist, a sceptic; spec. a French Encyclopedist. derog. L18.
philoso'phistic,
philoso'phistical adjectives (now rare or obsolete) of the character of or pertaining to a speculative philosopher; rationalistic, sceptical: E19.