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pol·y·math

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–noun

a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.

[Origin: 1615–25; < Gk polymaths learned, having learned much, equiv. to poly- poly- + -mathés, adj. deriv. of manthánein to learn

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—Related forms

pol·y·math·ic, adjective

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pol·y·math Audio Help (pŏl'ē-māth') Pronunciation Key
n. A person of great or varied learning.

[Greek polumathēs : polu-, poly- + manthanein, math-, to learn; see mendh- in Indo-European roots.]

pol'y·math', pol'y·math'ic adj., po·lym'a·thy (pə-lĭm'ə-thē) n.

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polymath

1621, from Gk. polymathes "having learned much," from polys "much" (see poly-) + root of manthanein "learn."

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