10 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
noun a person who has taught himself
originFrom Ancient Greek αὐτοδίδακτος (autodídaktos), from αὐτός (autós, “self”) + διδάσκω (didáskō, “I teach”). By surface analysis, auto- + didact.
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