philosophist (filos of ist)

[F. philoso phiste Sp. filos of ist a = Pg. philosophist a; as philosoph - y + -ist.] A philosopher; especially, a would-be philosopher. This benevolent establishment did not escape the rage of the philosophists , and was by them suppre ed in the commencement of the republican era. Eustace , Italy, IV. v. philosophistic (fi-los-o-fis'tik), a. [=Pg. philo sophistico; as philosophist + -ic, after sophistic.] Pertaining to the love or practice of philosophism, or spurious philosophy. Wright.