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Definition of philonoist in US English:
philonoist
noun
nonce-wordA lover of knowledge.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834), poet, critic, and philosopher. From philo- + ancient Greek νόος + -ist.
