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a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.
Origin:
1615–25; < Greek polymathḗs learned, having learned much, equivalent to poly- poly- + -mathēs, adj. derivative of manthánein to learn
1615–25; < Greek polymathḗs learned, having learned much, equivalent to poly- poly- + -mathēs, adj. derivative of manthánein to learn
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pol·y·math·ic, adjective
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Polymath
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Example Sentences
- Part literary critic, part existential elegist, he presents himself as the polymath's polymath.
- The polymath's polymath on his epic cookbook, patent-licensing and the law, and why he's getting into nuclear power.
- He has been a polymath all his life, plunging into one discipline after another.
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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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