Person who begins, or continues, to study or learn late in life
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An opsimath is a person who begins, or continues, to
study or
learn late in life.[1] The word is derived from the
Greek ὀψέ (opsé), meaning 'late', and μανθάνω (manthánō), meaning 'learn'.[2]
Opsimathy was once frowned upon, used as a put-down with implications of laziness,[3] and considered less effective by
educators than early learning.[4] The emergence of "opsimath clubs"[5] has demonstrated that opsimathy has shed much of this negative connotation.[6]