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polymath

[pol-ee-math]

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noun

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

Origin of polymath

1615–25; < Greek polymathḗs learned, having learned much, equivalent to poly- poly- + -mathēs, adj. derivative of manthánein to learn

Related formspol·y·math·ic, adjective

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Related Words for polymath

educated, scientific, studied, scholarly, accomplished, well-educated, wunderkind, sound, experienced, versed, cultured, lettered, cultivated, grave, grounded, posted, abstruse, academic, bookish, brainy

Examples from the Web for polymath

Contemporary Examples of polymath

Athanasius Kircher, the eccentric seventeenth-century Jesuit polymath, collector of curiosities, and borderline crank.
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Historical Examples of polymath

The polymath Aristoxenus is credited with a book on the writers of tragedy.
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Archer Taylor

British Dictionary definitions for polymath

polymath

noun

a person of great and varied learning

Derived Formspolymathic, adjectivepolymathy (pəˈlɪməθɪ), noun

Word Origin for polymath

C17: from Greek polumathēs having much knowledge

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Word Origin and History for polymath

n.

1620s, from Greek polymathes "having learned much, knowing much," from polys "much" (see poly-) + root of manthanein "to learn" (see mathematic).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper