Word of the Day

Gargamel · 01-24-16, 02:07 PM

And to top it off, I just found the word I have been looking for. Spent a few years wondering about the word, I knew the definition, but couldn't find the word.

Philomath: Lover of Learning.

vienna · 01-24-16, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Gargamel

And to top it off, I just found the word I have been looking for. Spent a few years wondering about the word, I knew the definition, but couldn't find the word.

Philomath: Lover of Learning.

In the same vein: Polymath: A person highly knowledgeable and adept in many fields of learning...

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Aktungbby · 01-24-16, 04:11 PM

[QUOTE Catfish] i will never be able to understand how this .. language works.[/QUOTE]

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Originally Posted by vienna

In the same vein: Polymath: A person highly knowledgeable and adept in many fields of learning...

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I'm not so sure: polymaths are pretty stuck-up buggers...'in the same vain' maybe!

vienna · 01-24-16, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

[QUOTE Catfish] i will never be able to understand how this .. language works.

I'm not so sure: polymaths are pretty stuck-up buggers...'in the same vain' maybe!

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Ah, a pun! Very good!...

If you read the histories of some of the noted polymaths throughout history, you will find them not really vain at all; in fact, they were so consumed in pursuing their various studies, they had little time for acclaim, self or external. The impression of their being aloof or condescending comes mainly from an intellectual and, often, emotional, disconnect with the general populace occasioned by that which gave them their gifts; it is a price levied for their gifts or, as some would say, "The Lord gives; the Lord takes away"...

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Eichhörnchen · 01-25-16, 02:42 AM

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/secular

For years I thought that the word secular meant "pertaining to religion", until I found that it means completely the opposite.

Catfish · 01-25-16, 04:31 AM

^ ha i thought the same, until i read Niven's and Pournelle's "The Flying Sorcerers", where they secularise "holy trees"..

B.t.w. this is an excellent SciFi book, lots of puns and great fun to read.

Maybe time for a "best books" thread?

@Aktung i read the wholly bible, but in vain..

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Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	And to top it off, I just found the word I have been looking for. Spent a few years wondering about the word, I knew the definition, but couldn't find the word. Philomath: Lover of Learning. __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

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Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,417 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	SECULAR http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/secular For years I thought that the word secular meant "pertaining to religion", until I found that it means completely the opposite. __________________

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Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,779 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	^ ha i thought the same, until i read Niven's and Pournelle's "The Flying Sorcerers", where they secularise "holy trees".. B.t.w. this is an excellent SciFi book, lots of puns and great fun to read. Maybe time for a "best books" thread? @Aktung i read the wholly bible, but in vain.. __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.