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self-taught en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English taught English self-taught From self- + taught.

Meanings

  1. Educated or trained by oneself.
    • It's this understanding of Quality as revealed by stuckness which so often makes self-taught mechanics so superior to institute-trained men who have learned how to handle everything except a new situation. 1974, Robert M[aynard] Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow & Company, →ISBN:

Forms

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more self-taught Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most self-taught Degree=Sup lexicographic

Relateds

autodidact · self-educated

Translations (1)

es autoenseñado (educated by oneself)