self-taught
[ self-tawt ]
/ ˈsɛlfˈtɔt /
adjective
taught to oneself or by oneself to be (as indicated) without the aid of a formal education: self-taught typing; a self-taught typist.
learned by oneself: a self-taught mastery of the guitar.
Origin of self-taught
First recorded in 1715–25
Words nearby self-taught
self-sustaining,
self-talk,
self-tanning,
self-tapping,
self-tapping screw,
self-taught,
self-tender,
self-test,
self-to-self,
self-torment,
self-treatment
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British Dictionary definitions for self-taught
self-taught
adjective
having learnt oneself without any external or formal instruction