man skilled in painting,  music, antiquities, and curiosities చిత్రము, సంగీతము, వింతవస్తువులను విచారించడము, వీటిలో సమర్ధుడుగా వుండేవాడు. Walter Scott defines it, "one who wishes to know and willknow everything" సమస్తమునున్ను తెలుసుకోవలెననే యిచ్ఛగలవాడు. "The doctor's house is full of snakes, fossils, turtles, birds, fishes, &c. all thrown together in the greatest confusion. It makes no matter what it is, the doctor is such a confirmed * that everything is fish that comes to his net (Featherstonhaugh 1. 195.) See Addison's remarks, in Tatler, No. 216.