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ACQUAINTANCY - the state or position of having personal knowledge. (1859)

AUTODIDACTIC - is one who has achieved knowledge through self-directed education and without the guidance of teachers and professors or institutions. Autodidacts are individuals who choose the subject they will study, their studying material, and the rhythm and time of study. They may or may not have any formal education, but their study is either a complement or an alternative to formal education. It derives from the Greek words hautós, literally meaning ''self'' and didaktikos, literally meaning ''teaching'').

BOOKFUL - full of knowledge or information that one has gathered from voracious reading. (1709)

BOOK-LARE - educated and knowledgeable from a love for reading. (1911)

EAR-KNOWLEDGE - knowledge obtained by hearsay. (1624)

​EMPIRICISM - theory of knowledge, thinking that knowledge comes from experience.

EPISTEME - the body of ideas that determine the knowledge that is intellectually certain at any particular time

INGINE - having ingenuity, a quickness of intellect; knowledge, and ability or invention. (1660)

KEN - to have knowledge of a topic or to be acquainted with it. (1300)

KENNING - a recognition for a body of knowledge. (c.1440)

LERE - to learn or acquire knowledge; to study or read a book to learn something or to do something. (c1220)

LERING - educated with an academic or scholarly acquisition of knowledge. (1340)

LETTRURE - knowledge of letters or books; educated. (c.1300)

METAKNOWLEDGE - knowledge about knowledge

MISOLOGY - hatred of reason or discussion; learning or knowledge. (1833)

MULTISCIOUS - having extensive and varied knowledge. (1656)

NOTITION - having knowledge, information and intelligence. (c1485)

OMNISCIENT - “all-knowing.” Having universal or extensive knowledge. (1791)

ORACLE - a person of great wisdom or knowledge whose opinions or decisions are generally accepted; reputed to be an infallible authority. (1596)

PALLADIAN - having wisdom and knowledge associated with Pallas, the goddess of wisdom and study. (1562)

PANSOPHISM - the possession or profession of universal knowledge. (1868)

PANSOPHY - displaying a universal or extensive amount of knowledge or deceptively claiming knowledge. From 1792

PANTOLOGIC - one who has extensive and universal knowledge. (1858)

PANSOPHIC - one who embraces all knowledge. (1660)

PANSOPHY - universal wisdom; a system of universal knowledge proposed by Comenius (1592 - 1671), a Moravian educator

PHILONOIST - a lover of knowledge. (1804)

PRIVITY - knowledge of something private or secret shared between individuals, especially with the implication of approval or consent.

SAPIENT - having knowledge or insightful awareness. (1764)

RECKONING - a comprehension, understanding, or knowledge. (1891)

SAUVENDIE - one who is educated, and has amassed great knowledge. (1822)

SCLATCH - possessing a “smattering” of knowledge. (1897)

SMACKERING - a slight or superficial knowledge of a subject; a smattering of knowledge. (16th Cent)

TILTH - the cultivation of knowledge, morality, religion, and development of the mind. (1225)

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  • Beautifully Obscure Words
    • Tracing the Etymology of a Word
    • Typing the Typeface of Writing Types
    • WORD LIST: Feelings and Emotions >
      • FEATURE: Our Capacity for Love
    • FEATURED WORD LIST COLLECTIONS
    • BEAUTIFUL WORD LISTS
    • WORD LIST: Translating Your World >
      • Index of Untranslatable Words (Alphabetical)
  • WORD LIST: Rolling Log of Beautiful Words
  • WORD LIST: The Languages From Around the World
    • FEATURE: Words of the World >
      • DEFINING LOVE with a French Romance >
        • Fantastic Flair of Everyday French - Nature
  • IT’S ABOUT TIME! Website Housekeeping
    • FULL SITE INDEX - SITEMAP - All the Beautiful Words
    • A SERIES OF BEAUTIFUL WORDS - My Vocabulary Books and Blogs >
      • Download - The Logophile Lexicon - Words About Words
  • WORD LIST: People, Places and Things
    • To Sleep Perchance to Dream
  • WRITING SYSTEMS