philosophist

noun

phi·​los·​o·​phist

-fə̇st

plural -s

archaic

: sophist, philosophizer

philosophistical

⸗¦⸗⸗¦fistə̇kəl

adjective

Word History

Etymology

French philosophiste, from philosophie + -iste -ist

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