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suchintya  +  90572 Sat, 16 Apr 05 10:07 AM
Hi !!! could somebody please help me out with the above dilema of mine... I can't seem to find one word for an "unquenchable thirst for knowledge"... the nearest I got to was philosophy ( philos=love + sophy=know)... but that is not what I am looking for... the word need not necessarily be in english...
Thanks in advance!!!
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CalifJim  +  90800 Sun, 17 Apr 05 07:04 AM
It seems to me, I don't know why, that the Germans ought to have a word for this, like "Wissenlust", perhaps. (Caution: that was a made-up word!)

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pieanne  +  90844 Sun, 17 Apr 05 03:06 PM
WissenSlust, maybe? Wissensdurst?
pieanne
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I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos...
abbie1948, 4 yr 220 days ago
wissensdurst, wissbegierde - I think it means "inquisitiveness"
pieanne  +  90914 Sun, 17 Apr 05 07:34 PM
Wissensdurst means thurst for knowledge
pieanne
abbie1948  +  90919 Sun, 17 Apr 05 08:03 PM
Thank you Pieanne. Multi-lingual! It was "wissbegierde" that i found tranlasted as Inquisitive.

I must remember Wissensdurst - great word! Smile [:)]
abbie1948
pieanne  +  90921 Sun, 17 Apr 05 08:11 PM
I once taught German too...Embarrassed [:$]
pieanne
abbie1948, 4 yr 219 days ago
I prostrate myself at your feet!
pieanne  +  91095 Mon, 18 Apr 05 10:24 AM
Please don't... it's too dusty!
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