I suppose an opsimath is what I am, having gone to school at the age of 49. I hope I will continue to learn new things for the rest of my life. Study is not the drudgery I thought it was in my youth -- but then today I get to pick the subject.
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An opsimath can refer to a person who begins, or continues, to study or learn late in life.[1] The word is derived from the Greek οψε (opse), meaning 'late' and μανθανω (manthano), 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] However, the opsimath population is increasing in the USA,[5] and the emergence of "opsimath clubs"[6] proves that opsimathy is no longer looked down upon,[7] but is in fact desirable.[8]
Notable opsimaths include Joseph Henry Blackburne, the leading English chess player in the late 19th Century, who didn't learn the chess moves until the comparatively late age of 19.[9]
[Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opsimath.]
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