phengite (fenjit)

[See fengite.] A variety of muscovite, or common potash mica. See muscovite. phenic (fe'nik), a. [F. phénique; as phen ( ol ) +-ic.] Obtained from coal-tar: as, phenic or carbolic acid. See carbolic. Also phenylic. Phenic i an, Phenic i an (fe-nish'an), a. and n. [= F. Phénicien, L. Phænix ), a Phenic i an.] I. a. Of or pertaining to Phenic i a. II. n. 1. A native or an inhabitant of Phenic i a, an ancient country on the coast of Syria, of which Tyre and Sidon were the chief cities. The Phenic i ans were probably of Semitic race, and were celebrated for their commerce, colonies, and inventions.-2. The language of the ancient Phenic i ans. It was a Semitic dialect, akin to Hebrew. phenic in, phenicine (fen'i-sin), n. [Also phœ nicin; IMG:content-0023.png:[blocks in formation] phenolog - y + -ist .] One who is versed in phe- nology. Nature , XXXIX . 12 . phenology, phænology (fē-nol'ō-ji), n. [Short for phenomenology , with a restricted applica- tion.] That branch of applied meteorology which treats of the influence of climate on the recurrence of the annual phenomena of animal and vegetable life. So far as it concerns plant-growth, phenology is also a branch of botany, and records dates of budding, leafing, blooming, and fruiting, in order to corre- late these epochs with the attendant progre of meteoro- logical conditions. Among the phenomena of animal life, the migration of birds has been especially studied as a de- phenomena, n. Plural of phenomenon . phenomenal (fe-nom'e-nal), a. [Also phanom- enal ; = F. phénoménal phenomenon + -al .] 1. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of phenomena, or the appearances of things, as distinguished from the things in themselves; pertaining to the occurrences or changing phases ses of matter or mind. Mill,. in holding that all knowledge is only rela- tive and phenomenal , and that causation is merely inva- riable sequence, cuts at the roots of our belief both in matter and force. Dawson , Nature and the Bible, p. 188. The basis of Fichte's system is an absolute Ego, of which the Ego of consciousne is at best phænomenal . Veitch , Introd. to Des cartes's Method, p. 1xxix. The Phenomenal is the Real; there is no other real that we can distinguish from it. H. Sidgwick, Methods of Ethics, p. 120. Thought must alter the phenomenal sequence, no doubt; but so also does mere emotion, and again sensation. F. H. Bradley , Mind, XIII. 26. 2. Of the nature of a phenomenon, or extra or- dinary fact in nature; so surprising or extra or- dinary as to arrest the attention or excite won- der; impre ively notable or important; be- yond what is common or usual; remarkable: as, the phenomenal growth of the United States; a brain of phenomenal size. — Phenomenal ideal ism. Same as Berkeleian idealism (which see, under ideal- ism ). II. n. That which is in the nature of a phe- no men on. [Rare.] The greatne of the change is sufficiently hinted in the Vision of St. John: “I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had pa ed away, and there was no more sea" (Rev. xxi. 1). In the matter of elementals, the new earth will be identical with the old; in the matter of phenomenals , the new earth will be differ- ent from the old. Boardman , Creative Week, p. 289. [= F. For God's love let him not be a phenix , let him not be alone. Latimer , 1st Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1549. That incomparable Queene, most deservedly called the Phoenix of her sex. Coryat, Crudities, I. 43. The Haji repaid me for my docility by vaunting me every- where as the very phœnix of physicians. R. F. Burton , El-Medinah, p. 60. phenocryst (fēʼnō-krist), n . [ φαίνειν , show, + κρύστ(αλλος), crystal: see crystal.] One of the prominent crystals in a porphyritic rock. phenogam, n. See phænogam . Phenogam i a (fē-nō-gā'mi-ä), n . pl . See Pha- nerogamia. phénoménalisme ; as phenomenal + -ism . ] The philosophical doctrine that the phenomenal and the real are identical-that phenomena are the only realities. Also called externalism . is that philosophy which holds that all existences, all po ible objects of thought, are of two kinds only, external and internal phenomena; or sen- suous objects, such as color, shape, hardne , or groups of these, and the unsensuous ideas we have of sensuous ob- jects. J. C. Shairp , Culture and Religion, p. 58. phenomenalist (fē-nom'e-nal-ist), n. [ phe- nomenal - ism + -ist .] An adherent or disciple of phenomenalism. phenomenality (fe-nom-e-nal'i-ti), n. [= F. phénoménalité ; as phenomenal + -ity .] The character of being phenomenal, in either sense phenomenalize (fe-nom'e-nal-iz), v . t .; pret. and pp. phenomenalized , ppr. phenomenalizing . [ phenomenal + -ize . ] To represent as a phe- no men on; cause to figure as a phenomenon. His [Locke's) integrity is also illustrated in his acknow- ledgment of the unimaginable, and in this sense incog- nizable, in our thought of Substance. He tries to phe- nomenalize it; but he finds that it cannot be phenomenal- ized, and yet that we cannot dispense with it. phenomenally (fe-nom'e-nal-i), adv . 1. As a phenomenon; as a mere phase or appearance. -2. In an extraordinary or surprising manner or degree. the phenomenists. phenomenist (fe-nom'e-nist), n. [ phenome- non + -ist .] One who believes only in what he observes, or in phenomena, having no regard to their causes or consequences; one who re- jects a prior i reasoning or nece ary primary principles; one who does not believe in an in- variable connection between cause and effect, phenomenized , ppr. phenomenizing . [ phenom -phenylamine (fe-nil-am'in), n. [ phenyl + en - on + -ize .] To bring into the world of ex- perience. IMG:content-0024.png:[blocks in formation] phestert, n. A bad spelling of fester1 . phew (fu), interj . [A mere exclamation; cf. phoo, pho, phy, etc.] An exclamation of dis- gust, wearine , or surprise. phi (fi), n. The Greek letter o, corresponding to the English ph (f). IMG:content-0025.jpg:[blocks in formation] philacteryt, ". See phylactery . Phil a delph i an1 (fil-a-del'fi-an), a . and n . Philadelphia (see def.) + -an . The name Phila- delphia , usually explained to mean the 'city of brotherly love' (as if identical with Gr. φιλαδελ- φία , brotherly love), is taken from the LL. Phi- ladelphia , Φιλαδέλφεια , the name of a city of Lydia (Rev. i. 11, iii. 7), now Ala-shehr (also the name of a city in Cilicia, and of an- other in Cœle-Syria), lit. 'city of Philadelphus,' namely, of Attalus II., king of Pergamum, sur- named Philadelphus ( Φιλάδελφος ) on account of his affection for his brother Eumenes, whom he succeeded; φιλάδελφος , loving one's brother or sister, φιλεῖν , love, + ἀδελφός , brother, ἀδελφή , sister.] I. a . Of or pertaining to Philadelphia, the chief city of Pennsylvania, situated on the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. of Philadelphia. Phil a delph i an (fil-a-del'fi-an), a . [L. Phila- delph us ( Φιλάδελφος , a man's name: see def.) + -ian. Cf. Phil a delph i an1 .] Pertaining to Ptolemy Philadelphus, king of Egypt, 283-247 B. C., a patron of literature, science, and art. phil a delph i an3 (fil-a-del'fi-an), n . [Cf. F. phil a- delphe , member of a society formed in France in the 17th century, φιλάδελφος , loving one's brother: see Phil a delph i an1 .] One of a short- lived mystical denomination founded in Eng- land in the end of the seventeenth century. philadelphite (fil-a-del'fit), n. [ Philadelphia (see def.) + -ite2 .] A kind of vermiculite found near Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. Philadelphus (fil-a-del'fus), n . [NL. (Linnæus, 1737), φιλάδελφον , a sweet-flowering shrub, perhaps jasmine; named after Ptolemy Phila- delph us , Gr. Φιλάδελφος , king of Egypt: see Phila- delphian1.] A genus of shrubs of the order Saxi- Phibalura (fib-a-lūra), n . [A mutilated and cor- rupt form of Amphibolura , q.v.] Agenus of birds frageæ and the established by Vieillot in 1816. The type and only tribe Hydran- species is P. flavirostris of Brazil, a bird of the family Co- geæ , character- tingidæ . The plumage is yellow and black, the beak yel. ized by the low. The name is derived from the long, deeply forked tail. inferior ovary, Phidian (fid'i-an), a . [ Phidias , δίας , Phidias (see hidias (see def.), + -an .] Of , n .] Of, pertaining artist of the most splendid time of ancient Athens, during the fifth century B. C., the ar- tistic director of the monumental works of Peri- cles, and the sculptor of the decoration of the Par the non and of the chryselephantine Zeus of Olympia. Hence, in general, noting the A then i an art of the third quarter of the fifth century, including not only the work of Phidias himself, but also that molded by cate petals. The 12 species are natives of central Europe, the south- Japan, and the Him a lay as. They bear round oppo- site branches, op- posite leaves, and rather large flow- ers, corymbed or solitary in the ax- ils, white or straw- colored, and com- monly fragrant. They are common in cultivation as orna- mental shrubs, under the names mock - orange and syringa . (For flower-section, see cut under epigynous .) P. grand i- flor us and two other species are wild in the United States from Virginia southward. philamott, ". A bad spelling of filemot . Hol- land , tr. of Pliny. lan thro pique = Sp. filantrópico = Pg. phil an- tropico = It. filantropico , philanthropi- cus (in adv. phil an thro pice ), φιλάνθρωπος , humane, a phi- lanthropist: see philanthropy .] Of or pertain- ing to philanthropy; characterized by or spring- ing from love of mankind; actuated by a de- sire to do good to one's fellows. Phil am pel us (fi-lam'pe-lus), n. [NL. (Harris, 1839), φιλάμπελος , loving the vine, φιλεῖν , love, + ἄμπελος, a vine.] A genus of sphingid moths of the subfamily Chœrocampinæ , includ- Syn. Benevolent, humane. The kindlier feeling of men is seen in all varieties of philanthropic effort. H. Spencer , Social Statics. somewhat pointed fore wings, and produced anal angle of the hind wings. There are four North American species, two of them extending into the West philanthropism (fi-lan thrō-pizm), n. phil an thro pis me ; as philanthrop - y op - y + -ism .] Phi- lanthrop py. philanthropist (fi-lan thro-pist), n . [ phil an- One who is actuated by a philanthropic spirit; one who loves mankind, or wishes well to his fellow-men and endeav- ors to benefit them by active works of benev- olence or beneficence; one who from phil an- thropic motives endeavors to do good to his fellows. We all know the wag's definition of a philanthropist- a man whose charity increases directly as the square of the distance. George Eliot , Middle march, xxxviii. Pitta .] The typical genus of Philepittidæ , con- taining two Mad a gas can species, P. castanea and P. schlegeli . The systematic position of the genus has been much questioned, it having been cla ed with the Pittidæ or Old World ant-thrushes, the birds of paradise, and the Nectariniidæ or honey-suckers. The genus is also called Bri on i a , Budding hi a , and Paictes . Carlyle , Sterling, v. ( Davies .) mesomyodian pas- Phi lep it tide (fil-e-pit'i-de), n . pl . [NL . , Phi- lepitta -idæ .] A family of mesomyodian serine birds peculiar to Madagascar, typified by the genus Philepitta . The syrinx is broncho tracheal, with a peculiar modification of the bronchial half-rings and corresponding expansion of the muscular insertions. The tongue is penicillate, the tarsi are tax a spide an, the wing coverts are long, the tail is short, and the male has a car- uncle over the eye. λιππος, lit. loving horses, φιλεῖν , love, + ἵππος, horse.] 1. The common European house-spar- row, Pa er domestic us . - 2. The hedge-sparrow, Accentor modular is . [Prov. Eng.] When Philip lyst to go to bed, It is a heaven to heare my Phippe, How she can chirpe with chery lip. Ploceidæ , having as type P. socius of South Africa, the well-known social weaver, which builds its enormous umbrella-like nest in com- mon with its fellows. See cut under hive -nest. harm on i que = Sp. filarmónico = Pg.phil arm on i- co = It. filarmonico , φιλαρμονικός , φιλεῖν , love, + ἁρμονία , harmony: see harmony .] Loving harmony; fond of music; music-loving. Philhellene (fil-hel'ēn), n. [ philhellène = It. filelleno , Gr. φιλέλλην , φιλεῖν , love, + Ελ- λην , a Greek, pl. " Ελληνες , Greeks: see Hellene .] A friend of Greece; a foreigner who supports the cause and interests of the Hellenes; par- ticularly, one who favored, supported, or actu- ally a isted the modern Greeks in their sue- ce ful struggle with the Turks for indepen- dence. Philhellenic (fil-he-len'ik), a . [As Philhellene + -ic, after Hellenic .] Of or pertaining to Phil- Philhellenism (fil-hel'en-izm), n. [As Philhel- diours of manhood approued and well tried to his handes. Udall , tr. of Apophthegms of Erasmus, p. 311. ( Davies .) Loiterers I kept so meanie, Both Philip , Hob, and Cheanie . 2. Some stuff, apparently coarse or common, the exact character of which is uncertain. [In this use hyphened as one word.] 'Twill put a lady scarce in Philip - and - cheyney , With three small bugle-laces, like a chamber maid. Beau . and Fl ., Wit at Several Weapons, ii. 1. No cloth of silver, gold, or ti ue here; Philip - and - Cheiny never would appear Within our bounds. Philip ist, n. See Philippist . Philip pian (fi-lip'i-an), a . and n. [ Philip- pian us , Philip pian, Philippi , Φίλιπποι , Philippi, Φίλιππος , Philip: see philip .] I. a. Of or pertaining to Philippi or its inhabitants. Philippic era. See era . Philip pin (fil'ip-in), n. [ Philip (see def.) + -in1.] A member of a small Ru ian denomina- tion, chiefly in Lithuania. It was founded by Philip Pustoviat, about 1700; its members have no regular priests, and refuse military service and oaths. philippine (fil'i-pen), n . Same as philopena . lecting and cla ifying postage-stamps and revenue-stamps as objects of curiosity; also, the occupation of making such collections. philautyt (fil'à-ti), n. [Also philautie ; philautie Sp . filaucia = Pg. philaucia = It. Then Philauty and Pride shall stretch her Soul With swelling poison, making her disdain Heav'ns narrow gate. J. Beaumont , Psyche, i. 38. philazert, n. A bad spelling of filacer . philenor (fi-lē'nor), n. [NL., φι- λάνωρ , loving one's husband, φιλεῖν , love, + ἀνήρ , man, husband. Cf. philander .] A butter- fly, Papilio philenor , one of the handsomest of the North American swallowtails. The fore wings are black with greenish metallic reflections; the hind are brilliant steel-blue with greenish reflections; the larva is + -ist , after Hellenist .) Same as Philhellene . Philhydrus (fil-hi'drus), n . [NL. (Solier, 1834), ( dp- ), water.] In entom ., a large genus of water- φίλυδρος , loving water, φιλεῖν , love, + ὕδωρ beetles of the family Hydro phi lidæ , widely dis- tributed and comprising species which have the last joint of the maxillary palpi shorter than the third. Also Philydrus and Helo phil us . philiater (fi-li'a-ter), n. [ φιλίατρος , α friend of the art of medicine, φιλεῖν , love, + ἱατρός , a mediciner, physician: see iatric .] An amateur student of medicine. philibeg, phil i greet. Bad spellings of filibeg , filigree . Philidor's defense. In che - playing . See open- ing , 9. philip (fil'ip), n. [Also contr. phip ; a partic- ular use of the proper name Philip (cf. "Philip Sparrow ," the name of a poem of Skelton). The name Philip is Philippe = Sp. Filipo = Pg. Philippo = It. Filippo , Philip pus , Phi lister (fi-lis'tėr), n . Same as Philistine , 3. Phi list i an (fi-lis'ti-an), a . and n . [ Philistia , LL. Philistæa , Philisthæa (see Philistine ), + -an .] I. a. Of or pertaining to Philistia in Sy- of power. Encyc . Brit ., XVIII. 176. philizert, n. A bad spelling of filacer . phill-horset, n. A bad spelling of fill - horse . phillibeg, n. A bad spelling of filibeg . phillipena, n . See philopena . phillipsite (fil'ip-sīt), n. poet. use, in an active sense, loving, friendly, fond; orig. own, one's own (as in Homer); per- haps, with adj. formative -ιλος , and with lo of initial 6, from the root of σφεῖς (dat. σφισι , σφισιν , σφιν , σφι , dial. φιν , ψιν , ψε , etc., acc. σφέας , σφε , etc.), etc. The element φιλο- , in composition, is usu- themselves, ✓ sva , = L. suus , his, their (own), ally explained as “ φίλος , loving," but the adj. is We will therefore draw a curtain over this scene, from that philogyny which is in us. Fielding, Jonathan Wild, i. 10. Because the Turks so much admire philogyny , Although their usage of their wives is sad. represents φιλεῖν , love, as the element μισο-, of opposite meaning, represents μισεῖν , hate.] An element in many words of Greek origin or for- mation, representing a verb meaning 'to love.' See etymology, and words following. It is opposed to miso- , as in misogynist , etc. Before a vowel or h it becomes phil-, as in Phil - American , Philhellenic , etc. It occurs bibliophile , Ru ophile , etc. philobiblical (fil-ō-bibʻli-kal), a . [ φιλεῖν , love, + LL. biblia , the Bible: see biblical . Cf. Gr. φιλόβιβλος, loving books.] Devoted to Bibli- cal study. The Duke of Brunswick, hearing of Hardt's fame, ap- pointed him his librarian shortly after the Orientalist had founded at Leipsic a philobiblical society, with the object of determining the sacred text. Encyc . Brit ., XI. 475. phi localist (fil'ō-kal-ist), n. [ φιλεῖν , love, + καλός , beau- tiful), + -ist .] Alover of the beautiful. [Rare.] philodemic (fil-o-dem'ik), a. [ φιλεῖν , love, + δῆμος, people.] Loving the people. Philodendreæ (fil-o-den'dre-ē), n. pl. [NL. (Schott, 1832), Philodendron + -ex .] A tribe of monocotyledonous plants of the order Ara- ceæ and the subfamily Philodendroideæ , dis- tinguished by their habit as erect sympodial shrubs, often branching or climbing, by their orthotropous or anatropous and often long- stalked ovules, and by the rudimentary stamens sometimes present in the pistillate flowers. It includes 9 genera, all tropical, of which Philo- dendron is the type. philodendrist (fil-o-den drist), n . [ φιλόδεν- δρος , loving trees ( φιλεῖν , love, + δένδρον , α tree), + -ist .] A lover of trees. Lowell , Study Windows, p. 44. Philodendroideæ (fil"ō-den-droidē-ē), n. pl. [NL. (Engler, 1879), Philodendron + -videre .] A subfamily of the order Araceæ , distinguished by a spadix staminate below, flowers without perianths (usually with distinct stamens), albu- mino us seeds, an axillary embryo, and abun- dant tubular unbranched laticiferous ducts. It includes 4 tribes and 12 genera, of which Philodendron is the type. See also Peltandra and Richard i a . Philodendron (fil-ō-den'dron), n . [NL , η . [NL. (Schott, 1830), φιλόδενδρος , loving trees, φιλεῖν , love, + δένδρον , a tree.] A genus of araceous plants, type of the tribe Philodendreæ and the subfamily Philodendroideæ , characterized by a fruit not included in the persistent spathe, stamens united into a prismatic body, and dis- tinct two to ten-celled ovaries with the orthot- ropous ovules fixed to the inner angle of the cells. There are about 120 species, natives of tropical America. They are climbing shrubs, with broad coria- ceo us leaves and short terminal or axillary peduncles, com- monly in clusters. They bear fleshy white, red, or yellowish spathes, and a closely flowered spadix, followed by a dense ma of berries. (See Aracea .) Some West Indian species philofelist (fi-lof'e-list), п . [ φιλεῖν , love, + L. felis , a cat: see Felis .] A lover of cats. [Rare.] Dr. Southey, who is known to be a philofelist , and con- fers honours upon his cats according to their services, has raised one to the highest rank in peerage. + -ist .] A lover of women: the opposite of misogynist . nists," who, reversing our antiquated notions, bid the man There are " philogynists " as fanatical as any "misogy look upon the woman as the higher type of humanity; who ask us to regard the female intellect as the clearer and the quicker, if not the stronger. Huxley , Lay Sermons (1870), p. 21. philogyny (fi-loj'i-ni), n. [= F. philogynie , φιλογύνης , φιλό- γυνος , loving women, φιλεῖν , love, + γυνή , wo- which are emarginate and attenuate; the Amer- ican woodcocks. P. minor is the common woodcock of the United States, generically distinct from the Euro- pean woodcock, Scolopax rusticula . See woodcock . Also called Microptera . Phil oh ellen i ant (fil"ō-he-lē'ni-an), n. [For * Philhellenian ; as Philhellene + -ian .] Same as Philhellene. Arnold. philologer (fi-lol'ō-jėr), n . [ philolog - y + -er1 . Cf. philologue .] Same as philologist , and for- merly in more common use. philologian (fil-ō-lōji-an), n . [ philology + -an .] Same as philologist . philologic (fil-o-loj'ik), a . [= F. phi lolog i que = Sp. filológico = Pg. philologico = It. filologico (cf. D. filologisch = G. philologisch = Sw. Dan. filologisk ), φιλολογικός , pertaining to philology or learning, φιλολογία , philolo- gy, learning: see philology .] Of or pertaining τo philology, or the study of language: as, phil- ologic learning. philologically (fil-ō-loj'i-kal-i), adv . In a philo- logical manner; as regards philology. philologist (fi-lol'ō-jist), n . [ philolog - y + -ist .] One who is versed in philology. Also philologer , philologian , philologue . Learn'd philologists , who chase A panting syllable through time and space. Cowper , Retirement, 1. 691. philologize (fi-lol'ō-jīz), v . i .; pret. and pp. phi lolog i zed , ppr. phi lolog i zing . [ philolog - y + -ize .] To discu questions relating to phi- lology. philologue (fil'ō-log), n . philolog = g = Sw. Dan. filolog , philologue Sp. filólogo = Pg.philologo , filologo = vilologo , filologo = It. filologo Ru . filologů , a philologist; phi lolog us , a man of letters, a scholar; as adj., studious of letters, versed in learning, scholarly; philology .] Same as philologist . man, student, scholar (see philologue ); φιλεῖν , love, + λόγος , word, speech, discourse, argu- ment: see Logos , and cf. -ology .] The love or the study of learning and literature; the in- vest i gat i on of a language and its literature, or of languages and literatures, for the light they cast upon men's character, activity, and history. The word is sometimes used more especially of the study of literary and other records, as distinguished from that of language, which is called linguistics ; often, on the other hand, of the study of language or of lan- guages. See quotation under comparative philology , below. Philology deals with human speech, and with all Whitney, Encyc. Brit., XVIII. 765. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia philology Comparative philology, the study of languages as carried on by the comparative method; investigation, by means of a comparison of languages, of their history, relationships, and characteristics, within narrower or wider limits; linguistic science; linguistics; glo ology. Philology, whether cla ical or oriental, whether treating of ancient or modern, of cultivated or barbarous languages, is an historical science. Language is here treated simply as a means. The cla ical scholar uses Greek or Latin, the oriental scholar Hebrew Sanskrit, or any language to an understanding of the nitether monuments which bygone ages have bequeathed to us, as a spell to raise from the tomb of time the thoughts of great men in different ages and different countries, and as a means ultimately to trace the social, moral, intellectual, and religious progre of the human race. In com parative philology the case is totally different. In the science of language, languages are not treated as a means; language itself becomes the sole object of scientific inquiry. Dialects which have never produced any literature at all, the jargons of savage tribes, the clicks of the Hottentots, and the vocal modulations of the Indo-Chinese, are as important, nay, for the solution of some of our problems, more important, than the poetry of Homer or the prose of Cicero. We do not want to know languages, we want to know language; what language is, how it can form a vehicle or an organ of thought; we want to know its origin, its nature, its laws, and it is only in order to arrive at that knowledge that we collect, arrange, and cla ify all the facts of language that are within our reach. Max Müller , Science of Language, 1st ser., Lect. 1. Philomachus (fi-lom'a-kus), n. [NL. (Moeh ring, 1752), wing fighting birds love, + μάχη, fight.] A genus of of the family Scolopacidæ; the ruffs and reeves: synonymous with Machetes and with Pav on cell a. philomath (fil'ō-math), n. [= It. filomate, A solemn disputation in all the mysteries of the profe ion, before the face of every philomath , student in astrology, and member of the learned societies. Goldsmith, Citizen of the World, lxviii. phi loma thematic† (fil-ō-math-ē-matʼik), n . [ φιλεῖν , love, + μάθημα , learning, > μαθημα τικός, mathematic: see mathematic .] Same as philomath . Settle . philomathic (fil-o-math'ik), a. [= F.philoma thique = Sp. filomático = Pg. philomatico; as philomath + -ic.] 1. Of or pertaining to philomathy; also, of or pertaining to philomaths. The International Philomathic Congre , having for its object the discu ion of commercial and industrial technical instruction. Science, VII. 455. 2. Having a love of letters. philomathical (fil-o-math'i-kal), a. [ philomathy (fi-lom'a-thi), п. [ = Pg. philoma cia;