Of, belonging to, or consisting of philomaths; relating or devoted to mathematics, natural philosophy, etc.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in The Monthly Magazine and British Register. From French philomatique from ancient Greek ϕιλομάθεια, ϕιλομαθία love of learning + French -ique.
Definition of philomathic in US English:
philomathic
adjectiveˌfɪləˈmaθɪk
historical
Of, belonging to, or consisting of philomaths; relating or devoted to mathematics, natural philosophy, etc.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in The Monthly Magazine and British Register. From French philomatique from ancient Greek ϕιλομάθεια, ϕιλομαθία love of learning + French -ique.