† morosophistn.
Obsolete. rare.
A foolish pedant or would-be philosopher.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > [noun] > person of superficial knowledge
smatterer1519
grammatola1529
sciolus1607
morosophist1610
sciolist1612
groll1637
literatora1641
superficialista1691
morosoph1693
short-thinker1711
1610 Histriomastix ii. 56 That..I may..leave this Idle contemplation To rugged Stoicall Morosophists.
1798 T. J. Mathias Pursuits of Lit.: Pt. IV (ed. 5) 284 Some Morosophists of the Society.
1870 K. H. Digby Halcyon Hours 255 Morosophists who love to boast Are those of course who scorn the most This holy maid.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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