opsimath

Meaning

Noun

  • A person who learns late in life.

Origin

  • First attested in 1808; from the Ancient Greek ὀψιμαθής ("late in learning"), ultimately from ὀψέ and μανθάνω; compare opsimathy, philomath, and polymath.

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