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po⋅lym⋅a⋅thy

  [puh-lim-uh-thee]
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–noun
learning in many fields; encyclopedic knowledge.
Origin:
1635–45; < Gk polymathía; see polymath, -y 3
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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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