Definitions for self-taught

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Spelling: [self-tawt]
IPA: /ˈsɛlfˈtɔt/

Self-Taught is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 543 anagrams from letters in self-taught (-aefghlsttu).

Definitions for self-taught

adjective

  1. taught to oneself or by oneself to be (as indicated) without the aid of a formal education:
  2. learned by oneself:

Origin of self-taught

First recorded in 1715-25

Examples for self-taught

James Ballantine must, however, be considered as a self-taught man.

This letter was addressed to one John Smybert, also a self-taught artist.

He was fond of boasting that he had made his own philosophy--he was a "self-taught" man!

She has a blog, Fox on Stocks, where the self-taught savant holds forth on the ins and outs of the market.

The 25-year-old self-taught sewer caters her designs to what her customers want.

James Baker Pyne, born at Bristol, was a self-taught artist.

Both were self-taught, but one was intensely active, the other cogitative.

Tuchman was often criticized by academicians for being a self-taught historian with only a BA.

Chen is a self-taught legal advocate but was never allowed to take formal law courses.

Often their religion is self-taught, cherry-picking slogans from the religious texts or, these days, from videos on the Web.

Word Value for self-taught
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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