Example Sentences

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It is a supremely deductive brain, but it resembles an idiot savante.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

No woman was ever so learned, and no one deserves less to be called a femme savante.

From The Women of the French Salons by Mason, Amelia Ruth Gere

Curie trembled on every lip; and the hope was entertained that the Academy would honor itself by admitting the world-famed savante among its members.

From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by Zahm, John Augustine

The poet does not name her, but refers to her as "Cette savante Qu'estime Roberval et que Sauveur fréquente——" this learned woman whom Roberval esteems and whom Sauveur frequents.

From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by Zahm, John Augustine

He thus adopted a middle course, discountenancing alike the pedantry of the purists and the over-confident optimism of the vulgarists, who found in the uncouth popular speech all the material for a langue savante.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various