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autodidact [aw-toh-dahy-dakt, -dahy-dakt] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun a person who has learned a subject without the benefit of a teacher or formal education; a self-taught person. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of autodidact 1525–35; Greek autodídaktos self-taught; see auto-1, didactic Related formsau·to·di·dac·tic, adjectiveau·to·di·dac·ti·cal·ly, adverb Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for autodidact Contemporary Examples of autodidact
She was also an autodidact, an illegitimate girl from the provinces whose intelligence became the stuff of legend.
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British Dictionary definitions for autodidact autodidact noun a person who is self-taught Derived Formsautodidactic, adjectiveWord Origin for autodidact C16: from Greek autodidaktos self-taught, from autos self + didaskein to teach Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for autodidact n.
1746, from Greek autodidaktos “self-taught” (see autodidactic).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
