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philomath \FIL-uh-math\

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nounA lover of learning.[From Greek philomaths (fond of learning), from philo- (loving) + math- root of manthanein (to learn).]"Why was the library given this name? ... Tomasz Zan simply appealed to them as patron by virtue of having been a philomath and an exile who remained faithful to his country." - Czeslaw Milosz, From Milosz's ABC's, Partisan Review (Boston), Winter 2001.

Front	philomath \FIL-uh-math\
Back	noun A lover of learning. [From Greek philomaths (fond of learning), from philo- (loving) + math- root of manthanein (to learn).] "Why was the library given this name? ... Tomasz Zan simply appealed to them as patron by virtue of having been a philomath and an exile who remained faithful to his country." - Czeslaw Milosz, From Milosz's ABC's, Partisan Review (Boston), Winter 2001.

Philomath Fil Uh Math Noun Lover Learning Greek Fond Philo