Autodidact Definition

ôtō-dīdăkt
autodidacts
noun
A self-taught person.
American Heritage
A person who is self-educated.
Webster's New World

A self-taught person; an automath.

Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the greatest autodidacts.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Autodidact

Noun

Singular:
autodidact
Plural:
autodidacts

Origin of Autodidact

  • From Greek autodidaktos self-taught auto- auto- didaktos taught didactic

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek αὐτοδίδακτος (autodidaktos), from αὐτός (autos, “self”) + διδάσκω (didaskō, “I teach”).

    From Wiktionary

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