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Polymath

//ˈpɒlɪmæθ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge.

    "To be thought and held Polumathes and Polihistors."

  2. 2
    a person of great and varied learning wordnet

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πολυμαθής (polumathḗs, “having learnt much”), first attested in 1624. From πολύς (polús, “much”) (for more, see poly-) + μανθάνω (manthánō, “to learn”). Compare opsimath, philomath, polyhistor, polymathic, polymathist, and polymathy.

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