polymath
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pol·y·math 
[pol-ee-math] Pronunciation Key
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[pol-ee-math] Pronunciation Key –noun
| a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor. |
[Origin: 1615–25; < Gk polymath
s learned, having learned much, equiv. to poly- poly- + -mathés, adj. deriv. of manthánein to learn]
s learned, having learned much, equiv. to poly- poly- + -mathés, adj. deriv. of manthánein to learn] —Related forms
pol·y·math·ic, adjective
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| pol·y·math
(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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