12 letters · 18 points in Scrabble
adjective relating to or having the characteristics of an autodidact
originFrom Ancient Greek αὐτοδίδακτος (autodídaktos), from αὐτός (autós, “self”) + διδάσκω (didáskō, “I teach”). By surface analysis, autodidact + -ic.
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