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Definition of polymath - 3 dictionary results

pol⋅y⋅math

  [pol-ee-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- + -mathēs, adj. deriv. of manthánein to learn

Related forms:
pol⋅y⋅math⋅ic, adjective
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pol·y·math   (pŏl'ē-māth')   
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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Word Origin & History

polymath 
1621, from Gk. polymathes "having learned much," from polys "much" (see poly-) + root of manthanein "learn."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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