scientaster

English

Etymology

scient +‎ -aster

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)

Noun

scientaster (plural scientasters)

1. (rare) An inferior scientist.
   • 1876, De Robigne Mortimer Bennett, The World's Sages, Thinkers and Reformers:

     And then compare with these the superficial and flippant assumptions of theologians, ontologists, transceudentalists, seers, impressionables, scientasters, and other incapables, and arrive at your own conclusions.