This week's theme
Words to describe people

This week's words
mossback
misanthrope
bon vivant
autodidact
magnifico

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(ah-to-DY-dakt)

MEANING:

noun: A self-taught person.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Greek autodidaktos (self-taught), from autos (self) + didaktos (taught). Earliest documented use: 1534.

USAGE:

"Tom didn't do particularly well in school because of problems with attention disorder, hyperactivity, and even a streak of mischievousness. Instead, he became an autodidact, using his intense interest in reading to educate himself."
Sharon Salyer; He Was the Love of Her Life; The Herald (Everett, Washington); May 7, 2014.

See more usage examples of autodidact in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.

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