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autodidact
au·to·di·dact [ àwtō d dàkt ] (plural au·to·di·dacts)


noun 
Definition:
 
self-taught person: somebody whose knowledge is self-taught
[Mid-18th century. < Greek autodidaktos< didaskein "teach"]

au·to·di·dac·tic [ àwtō dī dáktik, àwtō di dáktik ] adjective
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