homo faber
noun
ho·mo fa·ber
¦hō(ˌ)mōˈfäbə(r),
-ˌbe(ə)r;
-fābə-
1
: the human being as the maker or creator
2
in Bergsonism : the human being as engaged in transforming both the self morally and material things —contrasted with homo sapiens
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, literally, skillful man
- half again as much/many as
- half an eye
- half an hour
- half as big as
- half as big/much/good as
- half as good as
- half as many again as
- half as much again as
- half as much as
- half as much/many again as
- half asleep
- half aunt
- half bat
- half bath
- half baths
- half binding
- half bishop
- half bloods
- half board
- half bog soil
- half boot
- half brother
- half cadence
- half cent
- half chronometer