mathematicaster means A minor or inferior mathematician. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 72 out of 100.
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MATHEMATICASTER — [Noun] A minor, inferior, or pretentious mathematician; a practitioner who mistakes facility for genius. From mathematic (from the Greek mathēmatikē, "mathematical science") + the suffix -aster (from Latin, forming nouns denoting a partial or inferior resemblance). Unlike "mathematician" (a practitioner of profound, rigorous inquiry) or "poetaster" (its sibling in literary inadequacy), the mathematicaster is defined by a specific alloy of arrogance and inadequacy. He is the man brandishing an opaque equation like a scepter, the designer of ornate but broken financial models, the pedant who hears a symphony and can only tally the notes—a hollow, percussive echo in the cathedral of reason, mistaking the notation for the truth.
noun
- A minor or inferior mathematician.