Today’s Word “autodidact”
autodidact aw-toh-DY-dakt (noun) – One who is self-taught. “I’m an autodidact and a good one, because I’ll kick my own (butt) if I don’t learn, which is a sight to see with this leg brace.” — Dean Koontz, ‘One Door Away from Heaven’ Autodidact is from Greek autodidaktos, “self-taught,” from auto-, “self” + didaktos, “taught,” from didaskein, “to teach.”