Is there a technical term for a person who wants to know and understand everything there is. Would it be something related to the character of Faust, so like Faustian or something.
Polymath: a person of great or varied learning.
Philomath: one who has a devotion to learning.
I forgot Pantomath: one who knows everything.
Bibliovore: one who “eats books”; a reader of everything.
is a verbivore one who loves words or keeps saying incorrect things?
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/verbivore
Verbivore: one who enjoys words and wordplay.
Malaprop: one who mistakes one word (or phrase) for another.
Leo Bloom?
If you’re asking if I am Leo Bloom, then I’m flattered, but no.
If you’re asking if Leo’s a verbivore or malaprop, then I’ll let someone else answer.
It’s compliment to Mr Bloom, he’s certainly one with a thirst for knowledge.
It should be simply philosopher. Philosophy: Love of knowledge, pursuit of wisdom. Obviously, though, that has a more specialized meaning now.
Sapiophile?