scientaster
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)
Noun
[edit]scientaster (plural scientasters)
- (rare) An inferior scientist.
- 1876, De Robigne Mortimer Bennett, The World's Sages, Thinkers and Reformers:
- And then compare with these the superficial and flippant assumptions of theologians, ontologists, transceudentalists, seers, impressionables, scientasters, and other incapables, and arrive at your own conclusions.